Technology >> CEO Interviews >> July 22, 2003

Paul Barry-walsh – Netstore Plc (nes.l)

Paul's entrepreneurial career has included the founding of Safetynet and Netstore. After experience at Metal Box and IBM, he left to form Safetynet, one of the UK's leading providers of business continuity services, with a colleague in 1986. Safetynet was sold for 170 million in 2000. Between 1st November and 1996 and April 1998, he took a sabbatical from Safetynet to formulate the Netstore business plan and launch the company with Jeff Maynard. Paul is on the board of a number of companies. In 2000 he formed and funds Fredericks Foundation which now employs eight people to help disadvantaged individuals to help themselves. Profile
TWST: Can we begin with a brief introduction to Netstore?

Mr. Barry-Walsh: The.Company was founded in 1995 offering online backup, principally, over the Internet. It had customer such