Chris Bayne
Director
Chris Bayne is a Director of Access Technology Group and the Managing Director of Armstrong Consultants. Chris has overall responsibility for the running of Armstrong and actively works with Piers McLeish and Alex Reeves to develop the northern and southern offices. His role requires him to be quite “hands on”, and he continues to balance the management of key customers with the ongoing running of the business.
After graduating from Aston University in 1993 with a BSc (Hons) Computer Science, Chris set up Armstrong Consultants with three friends from Aston; Ket Chauhan, Rob Parkinson and Mike Audis. With contacts and experience gained from their placement years, Armstrong Consultants was formed as a development company from Chris’ family home in Hertfordshire. After 15 years, Armstrong Consultants employs over 100 staff, in four UK offices and has won numerous awards and accolades from industry suppliers. In April 2008 the Access Technology Group (ATG) acquired Armstrong Consultants, as part of ATG’s aim to grow its business to £100m turnover by 2017.
Chris’s role sees him work with the sales team on new business and account management opportunities to ensure that Armstrong can provide the products and services that customers require. As part of this, Chris researches new technologies and products as relevant to Armstrong customers.
On the technical side, Chris is closely involved with the FocalPoint solution – the first version of which he wrote. Due to his close involvement with a wide range of prospects and the sales team, Chris is able to foresee customer trends and briefs the development team on new features and specific customer requirements.
