Oli Ridley — Co-Founder

I help UK & US Microsoft Partners and MSP's scale by building global capability across technical, commercial, and leadership roles aligned to Microsoft objectives and your growth plan. We support hiring across: ☁️ Cloud & AI Platforms | 🤖 AI Business Solutions | 🔐 Security Built across three pillars: 🛠️ Technical | 📈 Commercial + Alliances | 💡 Leadership Microsoft Partner + MSP Leaders… do any of these feel familiar? 🔵 You’re winning work faster than you can deliver and it’s starting to show 🔵 You’re growing Cloud, Security or AI, but the talent pool feels painfully small 🔵 Hiring takes too long, and you lose good people late in the process 🔵 Your commercial engine isn’t keeping pace (BD / AM / Alliances) 🔵 Senior hiring lacks a high-conviction process 🔵 UK/US-only hiring model is limiting scale, speed, and damaging margins If you’re nodding at any of those, that’s usually where we can help! At Cloud Decisions, we build capability in a few ways depending on what’s happening in your business: 🌍 Borderless Capability Our South Africa fixed-price delivery model helps Microsoft Partners scale managed services and engineering capacity fast. We handle everything (EoR, HR, legal, compliance, recruitment) so you get predictable annual cost and up to 50% savings vs local hires without the usual barriers to global hiring. 🔎 Committed Search We partner on business-critical hires across technical, commercial, alliance, and leadership roles. Underpinned by CDX Talent Intelligence, we engage high-calibre passive talent, run a disciplined process, and deliver high-certainty outcomes. 💻 Local + Global Contract For time-bound customer engagements or urgent capacity gaps, we provide fast access to specialist contract talent locally and globally — so you can cover projects, protect SLAs, and keep momentum while permanent hiring catches up. Outside of the day job, I host Microsoft Mentors: The Podcast, having candid conversations with founders, business owners, and technical leaders in the Microsoft Partner ecosystem, sharing practical lessons behind their growth across Cloud & AI Platforms, AI Business Solutions, and Security. Let’s talk... 📩 DM me here on LinkedIn 📞 07539489243 📧 oli@clouddecisions.co.uk

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS talent acquisition expert with a focus on Microsoft technologies.

Location: Derby, England, United Kingdom

Experience: 12 yrs 6 mos