Care Micro Systems Limited

Mike Shingler
Managing Director

Mike began his career as a qualified Mechanical Engineer. He moved into what was then called the microcomputer industry in the early 1980s, setting up a computer dealership. This was even before the revolutionary IBM Personal Computer (PC) was launched. His career led him to establish ICI Computer Systems, which subsequently became one of the largest and most successful dealerships in the UK at that time. When ICI sold the dealership in 1992, Mike formed Care Micro Systems Ltd. Since those exciting first days, Care Micro has grown into one of the foremost computer service companies in the SME marketplace. Mike's ambition for Care Micro has never changed: his continuing aim is to provide all of our customers with the best quality IT service and solutions in the ever-changing world of business computing.

Steve Cornick
Operations Director

Steve started his working life as an apprentice with British Rail in York. He moved into electronics for a Hull-based company, then working with Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). Steve entered the microcomputer world by joining ICI Computer Systems. The ICI team of over 100 employees both serviced and supplied ICI, plus a number of other large corporate clients. When the company was sold in 1992, Steve joined with Mike and a number of others from ICI Computer Systems to help form Care Micro.

Chris Grice
Service Director

Chris's early career was as a qualified TV and video electronics engineer, operating both in the home and the work place. This gave him a wealth of electronics knowledge and experience. He later went on to develop his career further by joining the Scarborough-based ICI Computer Systems. In 1992, together with Mike and Steve, Chris made the decision to start afresh and create a new company, Care Micro. Chris knows the service sector extremely well. He is acutely aware of customer expectations in today's demanding marketplace and he ensures that Care Micro meets that challenge for all our customers.

Paul Ffelan
Sales Director

Paul, unlike the other members of the team, grew up in Lancashire where he spent far too much time dreaming of racing cars. He joined our team with a strong background in both the sales and support sectors of IT. He was a qualified UNIX server engineer before moving into the distribution side of the IT business. As the most recent member of our team, Paul works alongside Mike and Steve to ensure that Care Micro continues to offer first class, leading-edge products and support services for all our customers.

Sirpa Cornick
Customer & Sales Account Manager

Sirpa (the name is Finnish, like her mum!) joined Care Micro in 1999. Sirpa has held successful sales roles in IT with ICI Computer Systems, Holdene, and with Servo Computers. For all of our customers, Sirpa is your contact at Care Micro contact for general help and advice, and she provides your quotations for a multitude of hardware and software products. Sirpa is also extremely knowledgeable on the wide range of software licensing issues.

Don Cummings
Service Manager

Don joined Care Micro Systems in 2000 after a previous working life in IT which included ICI Computer Systems. As our Service Manager, Don is responsible for the allocation of engineering resources and co-ordinating the response of our Field Service Team to your onsite needs.

Amy Maving
Software Support Analyst

Amy was, until recently, in call control but she has now received a well-deserved promotion. Amy's priority is now to provide our customers with a more proactive support option. She works closely with our support technician team, Amy’s diligent and logical approach makes her the ideal candidate to offer all our customers a more efficient and instant, personal response to their support issues.

Craig Scott
Workshop Supervisor

Craig joined Care Micro Systems directly from school. He gained his City and Guilds status in electronics and he is now a highly-skilled workshop engineer. As Workshop Supervisor he oversees all your IT repairs here at Care Micro. Craig also carries out our in-house Intel File Server builds, and he is responsible for developing the software images for all your new PC and laptop rollouts.

Cherrain Bailey
Support Desk Co-ordinator

Cherrain is the friendly voice you are most likely to hear, if you are a customer logging a problem or require an update on any outstanding issues, and aims to provide our customers with the very latest call information.