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“I have had the pleasure of working with Kay and the Clipsham IT team over the last two years. Clipsham IT have really impressed me, not only with the candidates they have sourced, but importantly, the way they have engaged. They take a lot of time during the initial phases to really understand our business, the role, the strategies we are executing and the qualities we are looking for from the candidate, both in terms of skills and cultural fit. The team are extremely responsive, have a strong sense of urgency and deliver on their promises. I would absolutely recommend Clipsham IT to assist in sourcing high quality candidates”.
Jon Christopher
Senior Director of Alliances EMEA – Click Software
“I have worked with Kay and her team over many years. Kay is professional, discrete and well connected and provides candidates, on brief, greatly reducing the time to recruit”.
Helen Jackson
- Regional Director, UK and Ireland – SonicWall
"I have known Kay for nearly twenty years, from her role as a distribution product manager for Cacheflow, through setting up a new Distributor from scratch, to establishing her current business. I always found her a pleasure to deal with, someone who had entrepreneurial flair, and someone who truly understood the security technology landscape. When I heard that she had set up her own business in 2009, I immediately recognised the value that she would bring to the recruitment industry given her background and understanding of our business, and we were one of her first customers. She had something no other recruiter had which was our complete trust, and she introduced a number of very talented individuals to our business at senior level. I have continued to use her services at Zscaler, and now currently at Venafi. If you are looking for a professional and respected recruitment partner who specialises in cyber security for EMEA, I can highly recommend Clipsham IT as your business partner of choice."
Craig Stewart
VP EMEA - Venafi
"I have had the pleasure of working with Clipsham, specifically with Kay, over my last 3 companies (Zscaler, Trusteer and Synack) spanning more than 10 years. In any head hunting relationship the key factor is quality over quantity. Kay's ability to recognize the type of individual that would be a fit for the technology and culture has proven to be invaluable. She is my go-to resource for talent across EMEA and would enthusiastically refer her to others."
Jim Hyman
Chief Revenue Officer - Synack
"Having the best talent in any industry is a key foundation to success and Cyber Security is no different. I always recruit the best talent I can afford but hiring is the easy part, it's finding them that is difficult. When I took the role of UK&I Regional Director at Fortinet I knew we would have to hire aggressively to meet business growth we were seeing but did not want to sacrifice overall quality. I decided to work with a boutique recruiter Clipsham IT to achieve this. Kay & Caroline not only took time to understand the brief for assignments we were hiring for but also to understand our overall culture and type of individual we worked positively with. This proved to be invaluable and we hired about a dozen people and even one where we did not initially bond, but they expertly guided us to look again and it was an excellent hire. The additional members we hired allowed us to grow 3.5x market growth. I just wish more recruitment companies were like this and I am more than happy to endorse them."
Mark Weir
Regional Director UK&I - Fortinet
"I have known Kay for many years from her time in distribution, and have an excellent relationship with her. Sophos rarely use external agencies, however, we had a few positions over the last year where we struggled to find the quality candidates who would fit our culture, something that is critically important to us. I sponsored Kay to the business, and she helped us to fill a number of sales roles, and importantly a sales leadership role for which identifying the right individual had proved extremely difficult. All the people we hired through Clipsham IT have performed extremely well, and have added value to my business. Kay is a pleasure to deal with, greatly minimised my time spent on interviewing, and I would recommend her without hesitation to any security vendor looking for a professional recruitment partner that you can trust to deliver."
Adam Bradley
RVP UK&I - Sophos
"I was recommended Clipsham IT, specifically Caroline by a member of my team. I was really impressed and found them to be personable and professional. Clipsham IT took the time to understand our business and only recommended candidates whom they had personally vetted. Very quickly we were able to secure a candidate of the highest calibre based on our exacting requirements. Caroline and Kay have a fantastic and wide reaching network in the Networking and Security market. I would welcome the opportunity to work with them again in the future as we continue to build our UK and EMEA teams."
Rob Bolton
Director and GM Northern & Western Europe - Infoblox
“Having known Kay for many years, she was the obvious ‘go to’ when we sought specialist assistance in continuing the meteoric expansion of our team, whilst as equally importantly, retaining the culture. Kay and her team at Clipsham IT took time to understand the ‘secret sauce’ at Thycotic and match that to the correct types of candidates and has helped us recruit our newest talent on the team, all of whom have been swift to understand the company values and focused on making themselves and the wider team successful during their journey with us”.
Jim Harvey
Vice President – Sales Northern Europe & DACH
"We hired Clipsham IT (and more specifically Kay) to source a number of roles within Cyberark. Kay was a pleasure to work with throughout the process. From the beginning, her experience in the industry set her apart from the normal recruitment consultant. She understood my business (she's been there before) so not only quickly hit upon exactly what I was looking for, but also demonstrated awareness of the pressures we were under to fulfil our positions. She provided excellent candidates and all of them spoke highly of her professionalism and support. The best compliment I can give is that we now use Clipsham IT for every role we have and will continue to do so in the future."
Mark Fullbrook
VP Global Strategic Accounts - Cyberark
"The next person you hire is one of the most important decisions you will take - getting your hiring process right will not only help ensure it's the right hiring decision, but can also save you countless hours in 'lost time' as you work towards your next hire. Clipsham IT have been an excellent partner to help us find the right hires and to do it quickly. As a recruitment agency that has spent time walking in my shoes, they know my needs as if they were a colleague, on top of this they spend time getting to know me, my company, our culture and processes - this has enabled them to find 'spot on' candidates quickly, addressing both the written job spec and as importantly the unwritten more emotive decision criteria."
Andrew Foxcroft
Director Northern Europe - Radware
"We have used Clipsham IT for the last few years at Certes Networks to help us find talented and ambitious sales people who can help us realise our enormous growth potential. The people we have employed through them have been outstanding, and have always met the brief to the letter. They offer a highly bespoke and personal service and are a pleasure to work with, only providing individuals of the highest calibre which saves me precious time. Their knowledge of the IT Security market is second to none, and I trust them implicitly. It therefore goes without saying that I would recommend their services wholeheartedly."
Dan Panesar
VP & GM EMEA - Certes Networks
"I have known both Kay & Caroline for many years from their time in distribution when they were providing technology solutions to Dimension Data, and we quickly built a mutually beneficial long term partnership. For the last nine years I have been using the services of Clipsham IT to assist with finding people to fulfil a range of functions from senior sales through to solutions architects, both at Dimension Data and now at Telstra. Clipsham IT has always been, and always will be my first port of call whenever I need to augment my team. They are professional, responsive, intuitive and understand exactly what my business needs, and also very importantly, as they know and understand me, they are able to identify the right cultural fit which is critical. I would recommend them without hesitation."
Chris Jenkins
Head of Global Sales (Security) - Telstra
"We have worked with Kay Bruen and Clipsham IT for almost a decade through a transformation programme investing many £millions in increased capacity of our business. Kay never forgets that the most talented people are too busy to find the most perfect career opportunities."
Brian Kingham
Chairman - Reliance ACSN
"I met Kay at a networking event after I was introduced to her by a peer. "You are looking for a UK Country Manager? You definitely want to talk with Kay!" I was impressed by the level of knowledge, understanding and connections Caroline and Kay were able to demonstrate. We had the perfect candidate matching the profile we were looking for within a matter of days."
Harry Zorn
Vice President EMEA - Accellion