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About dataplanet

Built by people who've
done it at scale.

Sean Tweedlie and Rob Knapp founded dataplanet after more than a decade together at a large global IT provider. Enterprise rigour, applied to UK SMBs who deserve better than the average MSP.

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The founders

Two founders,
one focus.

dataplanet is led by Sean and Rob. Every client relationship involves both.

Sean Tweedlie, Managing Director, dataplanet
Managing Director & Co-founder

Sean Tweedlie

Commercial strategy · Sales · Business development

Sean owns dataplanet's commercial strategy, sales, and business development. His background is in enterprise IT sales and service management - over 15 years building client relationships and delivery models across professional services, engineering, and regulated sectors.

Sean leads dataplanet's commercial team and stays personally accountable for the client experience - from how deals are scoped to how quarterly reviews land. What this website promises is ultimately his to keep.

Rob Knapp, Technical Director, dataplanet
Technical Director & Co-founder

Rob Knapp

Infrastructure · Microsoft 365 · Security architecture

Rob is the reason the technical claims on this website hold up. With over 20 years in infrastructure architecture, Microsoft 365, VMware, Hyper-V, and security stack design, he brings enterprise-level technical leadership to businesses that can't justify a full-time hire.

Rob acts as Virtual IT Director for several dataplanet clients - attending board meetings, holding vendors to account, and designing every managed service environment personally.

The team

Everyone who makes
it happen.

A small team by design. Everyone here is hands-on.

Sean Tweedlie

Sean Tweedlie

Managing Director

Commercial strategy, sales & client relationships

Rob Knapp

Rob Knapp

Technical Director

Infrastructure architecture & security design

Michelle Knapp

Michelle Knapp

Account Manager

Client relationships & account management

Charlie Yolland-Jones

Charlie Yolland-Jones

Account Director

New business development & client strategy

Natalie Wild

Natalie Wild

Project Manager

Project delivery & client onboarding

How we operate

What we actually believe.

Not a marketing values statement. Things we genuinely operate by.

Honesty first

We tell clients when something is outside our scope or when a different provider would suit them better. Reputation matters more than the deal.

Security as a foundation

Every client runs on Secure IT before anything else. We don't sell security as an upsell - we build it in because it's the right thing to do.

Real people, real answers

When something goes wrong, a real person picks up. We don't route clients through ticketing systems before they've spoken to a human being.

Proactive, not reactive

We monitor environments continuously and fix things before clients notice them. A good month is one where nothing happens - because we prevented it.

Strategy, not just support

IT should serve the business. We help clients think 12–36 months ahead, not just keep the lights on.

Partnership, not dependency

We want clients to understand their IT environment. Mystifying things to create dependency is not how we work.

Technology partners

Partners we trust.

A deliberately limited set of technology partners. Deep knowledge of a smaller stack delivers better outcomes than surface-level familiarity with everything.

Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider
Huntress
Veeam
Fortinet
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Dell Technologies
Rubrik
Assured Data Protection
Druva
Everpure by Pure Storage
Barracuda
Eaton

Want to know if we're the right fit?

The first conversation is always straight - no deck, no pitch. Just an honest discussion about your situation and whether dataplanet makes sense for you.

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