Investor joins IT hardware specialist as chairman
Entrepreneur Ryan McCarry has joined Intelligent Servers as chairman and director after investing in the firm.
Harrogate-based Intelligent Servers is a specialist sustainable tech business founded by Andy Hughes in 2011, buying and selling refurbished enterprise IT solutions to a broad range of businesses in the UK and abroad. The firm says McCarry will play a vital role in the company’s strategic development and accelerated growth.
McCarry was the founder of Sleek Networks, a data centre and cloud service provider which was acquired in 2013 and is now part of US giant Rackspace. He went on to become the investor and chairman of Concepta Capital, a managed data and cloud service provider that made multiple IT acquisitions before being bought by Iomart Plc for £16m in the summer of 2022.
As a successful tech investor in IT, cloud and SaaS companies his experience and expertise in business strategy, operations and acquisitions will be instrumental in driving the company’s growth and expansion goals.
McCarry said, “I am thrilled to be joining Intelligent Servers as a shareholder and chairman. Having worked with Andy over the last year or two I know the company has a great culture, solid foundations, fast growth and huge potential. Intelligent Servers is very much a Sustainable Tech business with strong ESG credentials and significant growth potential in the UK, Europe and globally. The team have a fantastic reputation for delivering high quality services to their clients and we plan to achieve our targets through organic growth and selective acquisitions.
Andy Hughes, founder and chief executive of Intelligent Servers, said, “Ryan brings a wealth of knowledge to our business and Board. His appointment comes at a time when we plan to expand our services and reach to achieve our revenue target of £22M in the next three years. We are delighted to welcome him to our team and look forward to working closer together.”
Intelligent Servers is one of Europe’s leading refurbished server, storage, networking, component and bespoke solution resellers, specialising in HPE, Dell and Cisco.
Since its establishment, it has experienced significant year-on-year organic growth and now generates annual revenue in the region of £12m and employs more than 50 IT experts. The company delivers sustainable, refurbished hardware and services to a portfolio of over 10,000 global clients across a broad range of industry sectors including the likes of the BBC, Canon, BAE and Manchester United.
