Greg Reed

Greg Reed has worked in the IT industry since 1992, beginning their career as a Computer Field Service Engineer at FH Brown in Burnley. In 1997, they moved to Dudley as a Hardware Systems Manager, where they were responsible for supporting full IT operations and strategy. In 2000, they joined OfficeTeam Limited as Support and Infrastructure Manager, managing a team of 6 Business Applications Technicians and 2 Infrastructure Technicians across multiple locations. In 2014, they moved to SpicersOfficeTeam as Infrastructure Manager, leading a team of 5 infrastructure Engineers across multiple locations. In 2018, they joined Connect Childcare as Head of Operations, Infrastructure Lead, and Head of Infrastructure and Security. In these roles, they were responsible for leadership and management of SysOps, Security, Customer Support, Infrastructure, and DevOps teams, as well as ensuring reliable delivery of IT services.

Greg Reed's education history consists of a BTEC in Computer Studies Level 3 from Burnley ITec (1992-1993), GCSEs from Nelson and Colne College, Nelson (1990-1992) in English (C), Geography (C), Maths (D), and Computer Science (D), and GCSEs from Ss John Fisher and Thomas More RC High School (1986-1990). Greg also has additional certifications, such as an EU GDPR Practitioner from The Knowledge Academy (2023), EU GDPR Foundation from The Knowledge Academy (2022), ITIL Foundation Level from PeopleCert (2021), Leadership and Management Level 4 from ILM (2021), Certified Snow Professional from Snow Software (2018), BCS Foundation Certificate in Agile from BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT (2017), and ITIL3 Foundation from BCS (2016).