About Me

Who is RG Bartlett IT Services Ltd?

I've been working in IT since 1994, and I've risen through the ranks from IT Administrator to IT Management. I've learnt a great deal about IT systems; but also about budgeting, staff management, legislation, training, and most importantly, how to make people and computers work well together.

After many years of working for others I decided I wanted to work for myself, for two reasons;

  1. The best part of any IT Manager job is the first 6 months, when you fix all the problems and get everything running smoothly. After that you generally become a 'caretaker manager'
  2. I knew I had some good ideas about the procurement, operation and maintenance of IT systems and the training of people to use them, and I wanted to focus on that as much as possible.

So what am I doing now, and what's so special about it?


  1. I don't sell any hardware or software, nor do I get any 'kickbacks' from anything I recommend. If I recommend a product or service, it's because I think it is the best option for my client, and in many cases because I've used it myself to great success. Most IT companies will want to sell you hardware, software or services, so their advice always suffers from a conflict of interest.
  2. I have a track record of operating under very tight budget restrictions, and because of that I'm experienced at finding the best value business IT solutions. Again, most IT companies will want to sell you a solution, because that's an important part of their income stream. These companies often reject free solutions because they're "not a serious business system", which translated means "we won't make any money out of it".
  3. Any work I do will focus both on systems and people. Many IT systems fail to perform to their full potential because there wasn't enough attention paid to the users when designing it, or training people to use it. Computers are there to work for people, not the other way round, and my priority is to make sure people are confident and efficient when using their IT systems.

If you'd like to see a copy of my CV you can download one here (mobile number and email address obscured to avoid spamming).