Hello, my name is Alex Barrett and Wick IT Services is the trading name for my IT consultancy business. My experience in information technology dates all the way back to 1979 when I started work as a computer operator. From there I have been involved in a variety of industries including finance, telecommunications, outdoor pursuits, advertising and wildlife conservation.

Throughout it all there has been a thread of involvement with IT as the industry has grown and developed into the sophisticated world we live in today.

After a decade based in Africa, the latter half of which I spent in Zambia, I returned to the United Kingdom in April 2009 and found myself a new home in the far north of Scotland.

I anticipate that some of Wick IT Services clients will be as far from the hustle and bustle of the crowds as we are. Here in the windswept north there is time to think through the problems and come up with solutions in an original and effective way.

With today's broadband technology, VOIP (such as Skype and video calling) and so forth Wick is no more remote than the suburbs of London and far more conducive to a productive and creative environment, in my opinion. Costs generally are reduced and there is a ready pool of very able people who can be called upon to supplement my own services when the workload requires.

I hope to build a thriving and successful business up here that can take advantage of the Highlands and Islands recognition of the need for new technology and the Internet to provide local prosperity in the twenty-first century. You will find that doing business with us will be a satisfying and rewarding partnership, so I hope you'll give me the opportunity to introduce Wick IT Services to you.