TEES TECH AWARDS 2020
Innovation
SPONSORED BY
Winner
Salesfire
Rich Himsworth , CEO of
Middlesbrough-based
Salesfire , was thrilled to collect the Innovation award on behalf of his team .
“ Winning the Tees Tech Innovation award is fantastic ,” says Rich .
“ We ’ re proud to be flying the flag for digital in Teesside and we ’ re over the moon with the nod from Tees Business .
“ Winning this award and a second for Newcomer of the Year has energised us as a company and we ’ re excited to tackle the US market over the next year .”
Salesfire impressed the judges with its work in creating a product that offers a smooth and effortless experience for the customer while enhancing the client ’ s conversion rate .
“ In essence , we ’ ve developed a premium product at the price point and integration time of an entry-level e-commerce tool and we ’ re ready to take this global ,” says Rich .
Once the celebrations are over , it will be full steam ahead for Salesfire as it enhances its overseas expansion by growing the team .
Andrew Phillips , from Innovation sponsor Tracerco , presents the award to Salesfire CEO Rich Himsworth .
Finalist Intasite Specialists in health and safety inductions and contractor management solutions for secure and hazardous sites , Middlesbrough-based Intasite produces bespoke site entry platforms that can be delivered remotely through a cloud-based system .
The secure online platform allows site visitors to gain quick and easy access to controlled areas by watching an online induction video before they arrive .
Visitors can be inducted from anywhere in the world on most devices and a highly skilled in-house team means that Intasite can deliver the full solution for induction and contractor management to any size organisation in any industry .
Finalist Everflow Group Founder and CEO Josh Gill created Everflow Group in 2015 . It initially comprised of a water retailer , Everflow Water , to test the development of new technologies and prove their worth .
Thanks to Eclipse – a comprehensive sales , billing and customer management platform with a unique instant quotation generator tool , which was launched to the wider market in 2019 – Middlesbrough and Wynyard-based Everflow Group became the fastest organically growing water retailer in the UK .
The technology that led to its success is now being used by 18.75 per cent of the active water retail market .
Sponsor ’ s message
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Tracerco sponsored the Tees Tech Awards for the Innovation category as innovation is at the heart of what we do ,” says Andrew Phillips , software engineering manager .
“ We are continuously finding creative and innovative ways to solve our customers ’ problems and help them become safer , more efficient and more productive . “ We wanted to support the local technology community and Salesfire was one of the companies that stood out to us . “ The reason we chose Salesfire as the winner of the Innovation category is that they utilised artificial intelligence and machine learning to demonstrate that they are at the pinnacle of technology . “ At the same time , they did not forget about their customers , which was evident by involving them throughout the development process and from their AB testing .”
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