Christopher Sharp Email & Phone Number

As a founder and director of Gigastream I have fulfilled a wide variety of consultancy, strategic and operational roles in the delivery of leading-edge technology projects for clients operating in diverse sectors.I facilitate the delivery of a blend of strategic oversight and attention to detail that ensures both project and client success by leveraging my in-depth knowledge and extensive experience of networking, systems and cloud technologies and robust understanding of the… Show more As a founder and director of Gigastream I have fulfilled a wide variety of consultancy, strategic and operational roles in the delivery of leading-edge technology projects for clients operating in diverse sectors.I facilitate the delivery of a blend of strategic oversight and attention to detail that ensures both project and client success by leveraging my in-depth knowledge and extensive experience of networking, systems and cloud technologies and robust understanding of the governance, compliance and commercial issues faced in the modern workplace.For over two decades I have lead a diverse and evolving team to build a broad MSP portfolio of IaaS, PaaS and SaaS Hybrid IT solutions including private, public and hybrid cloud; desktop IT; Internet connectivity; networking and communications offerings whilst consulting on technical issues as diverse as data strategy, cloud architecture, storage, desktop IT, network infrastructure and application lifecycle and development. I have lead the build and operation of our national ISP, SD-WAN, telecommunications service provider and hosting business. Other role functions include supporting colleagues and clients in the delivery and operation of bespoke software development projects; data warehouse solutions, database-driven CRM solutions; data cleansing, mailing house and mail handling services; and IT security solutions across a breadth of verticals including financial services.Our white label services and consultancy offerings also support the growth of other MSP practices and enable the development of their own technical solutions. Show less

Supporting clients in their data focussed digital transformation journeys with a broad range of data consultancy and services offerings

Oxford, England, United Kingdom

Overseeing the successful acquisition of a key strategic partner and subsequent business growth through the introduction of innovative telecommunications solutions and broadband product development.Delivering cost-saving telecommunications strategies and high level consultancy to clients whilst supporting their modernisation journeys with our innovative solutions.Transitioning the traditional switchless reseller telecoms model to a modern IaaS-based Telephony As A Service platform with… Show more Overseeing the successful acquisition of a key strategic partner and subsequent business growth through the introduction of innovative telecommunications solutions and broadband product development.Delivering cost-saving telecommunications strategies and high level consultancy to clients whilst supporting their modernisation journeys with our innovative solutions.Transitioning the traditional switchless reseller telecoms model to a modern IaaS-based Telephony As A Service platform with the latest Hosted Telephony, SIP, Virtual PBX, broadband and integration solutions for office, remote worker and contact centre environments.Driving the Microsoft Teams calling market place.Supporting clients as they adapt to the forthcoming closure of the PSTN. Show less

Electric Vehicle Chargepoint Installation for domestic and business customers. Helping clients obtain value for money by improving access to grant funding and awareness of tax advantages.

United Kingdom

IT, telecommunications and Internet consultancy and support. PC, server, peripheral and network hardware engineering.Delivering and supporting cutting edge network solutions up to global scale including pioneering IP based networks, long-haul undersea cable and commercial satellite communication solutions. Supporting early Internet adoption in the UK and further afield including extensive involvement in all technical aspects of ISP and industry leading dotcom development and… Show more IT, telecommunications and Internet consultancy and support. PC, server, peripheral and network hardware engineering.Delivering and supporting cutting edge network solutions up to global scale including pioneering IP based networks, long-haul undersea cable and commercial satellite communication solutions. Supporting early Internet adoption in the UK and further afield including extensive involvement in all technical aspects of ISP and industry leading dotcom development and build.Leveraging a low level technical understanding of underlying network technologies including extensive protocol-level experience in data and telecommunication networks and higher level TCP/IP applications.Established contributor to international standards and reference implementations as varied as Q.931 to Debian GNU Linux and SMTP (sendmail), DNS (bind) and BCPs (RFCs).Very early adopter of Internet and IP technologies. Built and operated commercial email solutions, protocol gateways (SMTP, X.400, UUCP, NNTP), web sites, servers and public-cloud web hosting platforms.Crypto, security and network firewall engineering.Supporting early Windows NT Server and subsequently Windows Server technologies. Show less