Scott has over 20 years experience in Network Engineering, beginning as a Network Engineer at Lancaster University, then becoming senior network architect at LUNS, before going on to become one of the founders of TNP in 2011.

As well as being responsible for the management of TNP, Scott oversees the hands-on, engineering-led approach of TNP, and has attained the Juniper Networks Certified Internet Expert (JNCIE) and Fortinet Certified Expert qualifications, among others. Scott also holds ITILv3 Foundation and Prince2 Foundation.

Chris has over 40 years experience in telecommunications and started his career with British Telecom. Thriving on new projects and technology, Chris went on to work with Datapoint and then First Direct, installing and managing some of the first digital ACD and Powerdialler systems in the UK. His consultancy and management skills were further defined at ACC Telecom where he introduced student telephone
and broadband services to some of the UK’s leading universities.

He then went on to gain valuable experience of public sector consultancy at Improcom Limited (now part of PTS Consulting). As a Director, Chris was working on some of the largest Higher Education and Public Sector networking procurements at that time. In 2005 Chris formed MML to provide independent consultancy in the ICT industry for both users and vendors. During this time he worked on successful projects at the University of York (for the Science Park IT Centre), Keycom PLC and Lancaster University Network Services.

Since 2012, Chris has managed the commercial growth of TNP. As a founder and Director he has successfully delivered large public sector networking projects with organisations such as Warrington Council, Shetland Islands Council, Stirling Council and Blackpool Council. TNP clients are able to benefit from Chris’s experience as both a buyer and a vendor allowing them to develop and evaluate complex specifications that can elicit the best solutions from suppliers and bidders.

Robin has over 20 years experience in network engineering and technical architecture, having built an LLU network spanning over 130 telephone exchanges across Lancashire & Cumbria before being one of the founders of TNP in 2011.

Robin oversees the TNP core ISP network as well as having technical oversight of all network proposals and designs. He holds the Juniper Networks Certified Internet Expert (JNCIE), Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) and Fortinet Certified Expert (FCX) to name but a few of his technical qualifications. He is also trained for working at height, industrial climbing and rescue, as well as holding ITILv3 Foundation and Prince2 Foundation.

Chris has 30 years experience in working in, and with public sector. Starting his career in Local Government he subsequently went on to work in software consultancy for Northgate.

He then went on to work in sales for Northgate before joining NSL, and then Capita as part of the Local Government team in the software business. During his time in these roles he has worked with a large number of local authorities to enable better outcomes for them and their citizens. He has a passion for driving innovation alongside public sector organisations and this has shown in some of the solutions he has worked on.

Since 2022, Chris has lead the commercial team at TNP and continues to look at how we can create better outcomes in the public sector alongside our partners.