Neil Bailey
Neil went to school in Tavistock where he left with pretty lowly qualifications,
but was lucky enough to be accepted into Plymouth CFE where he completed a BTEC
National Diploma in Business & Finance. He left college in 1990 and started
work as a salesman for a small computer firm in Plymouth. As it turned out Neil
was rubbish at selling and he was fortunate that the firm had an opening in
their technical support department.
The company went out of business the following
year and Neil managed to get a job with a national IT Maintenance Company. All
of his technical experience was gained in these 15 years, working for the likes
of British Telecom, M.O.D, Environment Agency and Your Move. His roles included
computer hardware engineer, contract liaison, engineering technical support,
database designer and software support.
Neil joined Bradleys in October 2004
as it was decided that we could offer a more effective IT Dept by running it
in house and not out sourcing it to a third party company. Which I think we
can say has certainly been achieved.
Keith Turk
Keith grew up, and went to school in Taunton. After leaving school, Keith
went into banking, working for Lloyds Bank in several offices across Somerset
and Dorset. During this time, he found what it is like to be on the receiving
end of unreliable computer systems!
Ten years ago, in a complete change of direction,
Keith joined LBTS Ltd, a computer support company based in Yeovil. This is where
he first came into contact with Bradleys, along with a number of other Estate
Agents that the company dealt with. LBTS was taken over by Pericom, a national
IT company, and it was at this time that a basic Help Desk was started, run
mainly by Keith. It was through the Help Desk that Keith got to know many of
the Bradleys staff, and then in February 2003, Keith left Pericom, to work full
time for Bradleys, running their own in-house Help Desk.
Keith enjoys his gardening,
and most Sunday mornings are spent tending his allotment, or growing fuchsias!
Kevin Brandwood
Kevin attended Honicknowle school in Plymouth, where he left achieving seven
exam passes. He then served a two year apprenticeship with Allen’s of Plymouth
qualifying as a light vehicle technician.
Kevin left after a further two years
and decided to see some of Europe, taking his new skills with him he managed
to work his way around Spain, Italy and Holland. On his return to the UK his
interest in IT took over, he took several factory jobs over six years to finance
his development in IT. He joined Pericom as a Field Engineer supporting a number
of different companies in the South West including Bradleys. Whilst at Pericom
he achieved MCP status (Microsoft Certified Professional).
When the decision
was made that Bradleys would run their own IT Dept Kevin was the obvious choice
for engineer.
