Martin Townshend
Managing Director and founder
Martin has worked in the ICT industry for nearly 20 years in both the private and public sectors. After fulfilling a variety of technical roles in local government he moved on to a large multinational ICT Managed Services company specialising in network infrastructure implementations. After successfully installing a diverse range of networks across the country he specialised in project management becoming qualified to Prince II Practitioner level and achieving APM Member status. His professional approach, commitment and successful track record of delivering projects has led to the continual increase in size and complexity of the projects and programmes he has completed.
His last assignment before launching Infrastructure UK was as Programme Manager for the implementation of a multi-million pound enterprise-wide next generation network for a local government client. This involved taking the initial concept successfully through each stage of the delivery process from building the initial business case, gaining financial approval, selecting suppliers, procurement, phased implementation and handover through to support. The programme dramatically reduced the quantity and complexity of the organisations’ networks, whilst delivering significant business benefits for the entire organisation as well as for the local community.
Martin is now focusing on developing his business by helping businesses of all sizes benefit from the services that Unified Communications makes possible. This includes the full spectrum of services from capturing business needs, planning, design, implementation, operating and optimising.
He likes to spend his spare time with his family and friends, catching a film at the cinema, playing or watching a game of football. He particularly enjoys the challenges of entertaining his pre-school son and attempting to beat his nephew playing FIFA on the PS3 – both of which are virtually impossible!
"There are real benefits for the forward-thinking business in using Unified Communications as a key enabler technology. This can enable you to optimise the way you interact with your customers, improve your business processes to work more efficiently and gain competitive advantage."
Rebecca Rowland
Business Development Support
Throughout her career in PR and Marketing, Rebecca has gained a vast insight into many functions in internal and professional communications, project management, marketing, events co-ordination, customer services and organisational administration, in a variety of Business-to-Business and Business-to-Consumer market sectors. She has provided effective support to a variety of companies, and has experience in developing successful projects and campaigns from start to finish.
The roles Rebecca has been in so far, have provided her with the opportunity to develop her customer liaison skills, provide project solutions and create effective plans according to a clients' brief, organise and co-ordinate projects and events, communicate with a variety of local and regional media contacts and develop positive relationships with these contacts, as well as develop crucial processes needed for a project.
Rebecca’s role at Infrastructure UK utilises the majority of her professional skills, whilst developing a career in IT.
In her spare time Rebecca loves to read fictional books, play a game of Uno or pretend she’s a rally driver on Colin McRae’s “Dirt” on the X-Box. She also has a great passion for anything fluffy, feathered or finned, and currently shares a little menagerie of 16 pets.
“I am very excited to be part of Infrastructure UK and enjoy helping provide IT and communications solutions to our customers.”
