Online & digital

For online businesses, IT should be a platform for growth.

Online and digital businesses have unique IT needs for their operations, security, and growth. The key areas include infrastructure and cloud services, data management, software development, customer service and the user experience, and of course business processes and cyber security. One often overlooked aspect is how online businesses can use IT as a platform for growth.

Freeman Clarke IT leaders have deep experience in working with online and digital businesses. Here are just a few of the ways in which we’ve helped them become more secure and efficient whilst supporting their ambitious plans for growth.

Immunocore

'The IT leader's ability to pick up on our industry's complex technology, combined with his capabilities, resulted in Immunocore being in a stronger, more secure IT environment' Read more

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Exigent Group

'Steve's enthusiastic and collaborative approach to innovation, coupled with his commitment to excellence, has had a positive impact on the technologies supporting our clients.' Read more

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Amberjack

'It was vitally important that our IT strategy and delivery were led by an expert who understood our values' Read more

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Quanta Dialysis

'The Freeman Clarke model has worked well for us at a crucial phase, ensuring progress from product development to commercial launch, and creating a stronger, more secure IT environment' Read more

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Health Economics and Outcomes Research Ltd (HEOR)

'Freeman Clarke's Principal has been an invaluable partner and critical friend at a time of significant growth and investment for our business' Read more

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Causaly

‘I can’t recommend Freeman Clarke highly enough. It was great to have someone who knows not only the pitfalls to avoid, but also how to take a pragmatic approach to speeding things up’ Read more

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ImOn

Not only did Freeman Clarke provide ImOn with an outstanding interim CIO, but also a person who aligned with ImOn’s culture and fit right into my senior staff. ImOn is off to a great start thanks to David and Freeman Clarke. Read more

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Simplify Digital

'Freeman Clarke were crucial to the successful transformation of our IT' Read more

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Bonhill Group plc

'We needed best-in-class technology leadership in the US and the UK, and so we contacted Freeman Clarke' Read more

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Exigent

'Freeman Clarke provided us with the perfect individual to be our CIO. He quickly connected with Exigent’s high-energy culture and helped to get colleagues excited about the possibilities of change' Read more

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BRC

'Freeman Clarke provided a first-class, committed IT leader on a long-term but flexible basis' Read more

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Securus

‘We are a software technology business and have been digitally safeguarding children in schools and colleges for over 17 years as well as providing services to the NHS, police forces and other sectors. As an ambitious growth-focused business, we recognised the need for a technology leader on our executive Board, but a full-time role would have been overkill. The Freeman Clarke model suited our needs, and we have been delighted with the outcomes that our quality CTO has driven. His blend of experience, commerciality and strategic focus has been a major factor in positioning us as a technology innovator.’

—Derek Allen, Chairman & Co-Founder

on3

On3

‘On3 is a successful professional services business but we wanted to differentiate ourselves and increase our value by creating a new technology product for our customers. I needed someone to help me develop this vision, the commercial model, and then to turn this into reality. Freeman Clarke provided detailed technical knowledge and the business focus to make all this possible. From the outset, they felt like part of the team and have helped drive and contribute to all aspects of our success. We now have a thriving new business which would simply not otherwise have been possible.’

—Jill Foley, Managing Partner, On3

pennies

Pennies

‘The Pennies vision has always had technology at its heart so, from the beginning, we needed a first-class technology leader as a trusted and committed member of the team. Freeman Clarke filled this gap for us and have continued to do so ever since — their part-time model means the price point works very well and gives us access to specialist IT expertise we could never have afforded or required on a full-time basis. They have set technology strategy, defined solutions, and helped us form technology partnerships, as well as contributing to our wider board discussions. Importantly, they have felt like a core member of the team and coached others so we even benefited when they were not on-site! Their approach has been pragmatic, attentive, and focussed. They have had a pivotal role in helping us develop our business model, which happens to be in the charitable sector and has already raised hundreds of thousands of pounds.’

Alison Hutchinson, CEO

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