Institute of Directors Graduation 2024
23 October 2024 - 1 Minute Read
This week, Lee Bailey, our founder and a business growth consultant at Baby Blue, celebrated his graduation in London, becoming a Chartered Director. The extensive IOD training and exams he has completed since 2018 have been invaluable. Lee has offered consulting services to various businesses, and with the inception of Baby Blue IT & Consulting, these services are now accessible to IT Managed Service providers and IT Services business owners.
Baby Blue also provides a range of IBM i and IBM AIX services, granting companies using these technologies a significant edge in negotiating new IT Managed Services contracts with suppliers. Moreover, as an IBM Business Partner, Baby Blue is collaborating closely with IBM on new AI solutions and aids customers in reverting to genuine IBM maintenance support for the upkeep of any on-premises IBM technology. This ensures they maintain all the security and software updates they miss out on when using third-party maintenance support.
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Chris Smith
Chris Smith is a Non-Executive Director and commercial advisor with over 30 years’ experience in IT services across managed services (MSP) and third-party maintenance (TPM). With a background in IBM hardware maintenance, he progressed from field engineer to Sales & Marketing Director, helping to create the foundations of Blue Chip Cloud, which became the largest IBM Power Cloud globally at the time. He played a key role in the sale of Blue Chip in 2021 and subsequently led commercial growth and integration initiatives within Service Express, including delivering significant managed services growth and strengthening revenue predictability. Chris now works with private equity-backed, investor-led and founder-owned IT services businesses, supporting growth, commercial strategy, integration and exit readiness. He is particularly focused on helping organisations improve revenue quality, margin discipline and scalable go-to-market execution across MSP and TPM models.
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