Mitesh Patel Managing Director, Fifosys Mitesh Patel, Managing Director at Fifosys, started his business whilst at university to provide a “link between IT and business with a personal touch” when studying for his MSc in Computer Science. My key to success is, “Be transparent and consistently add value”. Fifosys is an Outsourced IT Infrastructure Services and Solutions business that truly bridges the gap between IT and the business, offering strategic support at board level and continuity of day to day business operations. In the last 12 months Mitesh has published a number of articles and opinion articles on subjects such as business risk, the IT Director Paradox, cloud computing and data storage. He has also published a white paper, entitled “The Evolution of IT Support Services up to ‘Board-Level’”. Fifosys is a Microsoft Gold Partner, ISO9001 registered, Citrix Partners, Dell Partners as well as winners of a Deloitte Technology Fast 500 and an Asigra Partner Award. BGP experience: ‘BGP has proved extremely useful and pertinent for my business development and growth. Through the knowledge gained I have been able to focus my strategy and vision on both short term and long term targets.’