Chris Gridley - Founder of It's My Office

Chris has more than 30 years experience in the commercial environment, during which she has developed many systems and procedures and worked in both administrative and managerial roles. Her experience is diverse and covers roles from Secretary to IT Manager, Branch Manager and Quality Management and Data Protection Manager for a National Company. Chris uses her wealth of experience working with clients to assist them in offering an efficient and cost effective service to their customers.

For 4 years Chris' focus was on maintaining ISO 9001:2000 accreditation for a National Company. Through this she is now in a fantastic position to be able to assist small to medium size companies implement and maintain quality management systems. She also has first hand experience of introducing the concept to staff, organising workshops and helping staff maintain the standard. Chris is also an Associate of the Chartered Quality Institute.

Having dealt with Data Protection - the principles and requirements - for a National Company, Chris is able to assist businesses and charities with ensuring they comply with the principles of the Act in a simple, efficient and cost effective manner.

Chris has a good eye for detail and understands working under pressure and to tight deadlines. She is an organised and highly efficient individual with a desire to ensure any task is completed to a high standard.

Chris Fogarty – IT Consultant

Chris Fogarty has 25 years experience in IT and a wide range of skills in the LAN and PC Desktop areas, ranging from Head of ICT to technical support management and system architecture design. He has technical abilities of the highest calibre allied with a sound appreciation of business requirements and good people and team management skills. He specialises in LAN design, implementation and technical support management based around Microsoft products with sound experience of Novell Networking and exposure to Unix and Linux. He has good business analysis skills and experience in the management of ICT projects.

Chris has worked for clients in many different business areas, from high profile consultancies, multi-national industrial companies, large financial companies, public sector healthcare organisations and charities to small and medium businesses. All these clients have diverse IT needs and varying budgets and Chris has been responsible for multi-million IT budgets at one end of the spectrum to devising ways for small organisations to look like they are high profile whilst keeping costs to an absolute minimum.

Through their skills and vast experience, the team provide cost effective, professional business support solutions that enable clients to optimise their time in their field of expertise and not getting tied up with the many distractions of running a successful business.

"Chris is very conscientious and thorough in her approach to work. She is proactive, resourceful and considerate ..." Read more

Caroline Harper Jantuah
Director, The Diversity Practice Ltd.