Smart IT
John Robson has over 18 years of work experience in business development and management roles. John is currently employed as a Business Development Manager at Smart IT since October 2021. Previously, they worked at Adept4 plc from February 2018 to August 2019, where they provided total communication solutions to businesses, education, and charity organizations. Before that, they worked at Advantex Network Solutions as a Business Development Manager from January 2017 to March 2018. John also served as a Business Development Manager at Sonet Communications Ltd from February 2013 to December 2016, where they developed new business and maintained customer relationships. Prior to that, they worked for Executel Ltd in Newcastle Upon Tyne for ten years.
John Robson attended Blakelaw School from 1971 to 1976. John then went on to study Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians at Gateshead College from 1976 to 1981.
Smart IT
Smart IT was founded in 2008, based in Team Valley, Gateshead. We provide friendly, professional and reliable IT support and Telecommunications to local businesses within the North East. Winner of the North Easts Best IT Support Company and Top 50 Managed Service Providers in the UK, we have a proven track record of successfully delivering IT solutions. We are a leading Microsoft Certified Partner demonstrating our proven expertise in delivering quality solutions, we have gained our ISO9001 Quality Management System standard, ISO 27001 Information Security Management standard and are Certified HP Business Partners. Although typically we serve businesses with between 10 and 500 workstations and servers, our portfolio ranges from working on some of the largest IT networks in the North East to simple one-off PC/server repairs. Smart IT is continuing to grow from strength to strength, with service circa of 800 clients, serviced by over 50 IT and communication professionals. We constantly invest in new technologies and resources to ensure the services we offer become more efficient and responsive. Our customers are in a diverse range of industries including finance, construction, legal, charities, manufacturing, media, NHS, education and other IT specialists. For every single customer we develop and deliver a customised support plan to satisfy their unique requirements, expectations and budget.