Testimonials
We often tell our clients that their customers can tell their story better than they can. See what our network has to say about Silver Buck’s founders.
Richard Corbridge – Chief Information Officer, Boots UK KLAS Advisory Board, #CIO100 (former CDIO Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust)
“Sarah’s knowledge of the digital landscape in healthcare is phenomenal, her connected network believe in her abilities and she truly can call on a width of relationships that can make change happen. Working with Sarah over the last few years has been a great experience. Sarah understands how to engage people, deliver content, advice and solutions to problems. On several occasions Sarah was able to ‘save the day’ through her creative thinking, quick ideas and ability to make things happen. Sarah is a thoughtful person, she can spot any need and find ways to fulfil it. Sarah champions diversity in how we work together. I would recommend Sarah to anyone seek to work in this way.”
Mark O’Herlihy – Managing Director EMEA, IBM Watson Health
“In the healthcare industry, it is rare that you come across such a standout talent like Sarah. As one of her clients and I was consistently impressed by her ability to take our most complex PR, media and enterprise marketing needs and to consistently deliver a plan that was not only comprehensive, but innovative and always delivering a fantastic outcome.
“Just one of the many initiatives that Sarah helped us with, was at the point we were trying to grow a new business. We needed to penetrate multiple countries and customer segments and having Sarah’s breadth of market and customer knowledge, helped us make the investments that gave the greatest benefits to our customers and positioned the company for success. Sarah’s ability to juggle multiple projects is unlike any I’ve seen before and you always felt that you would receive a quick response that was not only professional but had the depth to deliver a long-term benefit to any organisation. As a team member or a leader, Sarah has all the skills to benefit any organisation across a range of industries, she delivers all of this with an incredible work ethic and a passion to succeed.”
Steve Lieber – Former CEO and President, HIMSS
“Steve is not only well-known and connected among health care and health care technology companies, professionals and NHS officials but has exceptional skills in operations management, event organisation and sales. I very comfortably entrusted in Steve the execution of HIMSS Europe events, the development of key relationships with health information technology company executives and government leaders, and the overall management of the HIMSS operations. Steve provides strategic as well as operational leadership. He understands the big picture, recognises risks and opportunities, and knows how to drive an organisation toward its strategic goals. Steve was an invaluable partner, a trusted advisor, and a knowledgeable executive who brought a high level of performance to HIMSS. He built partnerships with other organisations and governments to enhance brand and events’ results; he created and executed an expanded events strategy that established HIMSS UK as a major player; and he built and mentored staff into a high performing team.”
Mike Fuller – Regional Marketing Director, InterSystems
“I’ve been a customer of Stephen’s for several years, during which he repeatedly proved his trustworthiness and determination to create value in partnerships. He clearly states the opportunities that exist and negotiates a win/win that delivers benefits for all parties involved. Honest but competitive, Stephen knows how to create and run businesses that contribute to and nourish a business community. While Stephen has broad commercial experience, it is in European health and care where he excels based on his extensive experience running industry conferences as platforms for engagement.”
Rainer Herzog – Vice President DACH, research2guidance
“As Managing Director of HIMSS Europe and later on as General Manager for DACH at HIMSS Europe, I had the pleasure to work with Sarah for three years. During my professional career I have very rarely met such a remarkable person. What impresses me the most is her distinct knowledge and understanding of markets and clients’ needs, but also her ability to lead and inspire people. Sarah always acts with a very high level of professionalism in her work, both towards customers, as well as towards partners and staff.
“As someone who has worked with Sarah and Steve in the past, I am convinced that they will be successful in providing unique services and value to their clients. Steve comes with a lot of international market and business management experience and a broad network of key stakeholders and opinion leaders. They are undoubtedly a team that knows how to come up with creative and innovative ideas and achieve tangible results for their clients.”
Kirsty Atkinson – Digital Communications and Engagement Officer, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
“It is truly phenomenal to see how a few ideas scribbled on pieces of paper have been turned into a fully-fledged campaign to enable NHS teams to talk about about the challenges they face during Digital Transformation programmes such as Axe The Fax. Using their wealth of experience, Silver Buck has been pivotal in the growth of the campaign and has taken a heavily criticised subject matter, into the public space where an open dialogue of the what, how and why can now be discussed to create positive outcomes. The team has been wonderful to work with in getting an idea in its infancy, onto a wider platform and reach an audience we as a Trust simply couldn’t manage on our own. Their ongoing support has not only been the key to the campaign’s success, but also been a great learning experience for me, one which I hope to continue.”
Lee Francis – Director of International Sales, Patient Source
“PatientSource is incredibly niche in the market, it’s a cliché to describe yourself as a disruptor, but there is no other way to describe PatientSource – A unique entity that deployed its first contract into the worlds most remote hospital 5,000 miles away on a tiny island in South Atlantic Ocean…. It takes a pretty special marketing and PR agency to make that a solid reference case to a traditional NHS Trust!
“I happened on Sarah’s LinkedIn bi-og, and then Stephen’s and instantly knew they and the rest of the Silver-Buck team were ideal for what we needed. Things have moved fast, we’re a challenging, quirky client with astronomical aspirations, the Silver-Buck team do a great job in capturing and rationalising the whirlwind of ideas, creativity, missed deadlines and all the other anomalies that come with working with an aspiring scale up.
“Thorough, precise and methodical processes have been applied to analysing our and our competitors positioning in the market, a deep dive of PatientSource’s USPs, referenced against the raft of decision making and decision-influencing personas in a health organisation resulting in laser-focused messaging and enabling us to be much more effective with limited resources. Its early days in our relationship, but I’m very impressed and incredibly excited at the future and our joint opportunities…”
Joost Bruggeman – Co-Founder & CEO, Siilo
“We have seen a huge need for health and care professionals to share clinical and operational information in a safe, secure and fast way. In turn, many have been resorting to ineffective and unsafe consumer applications, such as WhatsApp, to fill this gap. Since we launched Siilo in the UK, more than 60+ NHS organisations are using the tool, and Silver Buck has been instrumental in increasing that uptake. As a start-up, we needed a company that could support and grow with our ambitious plans and be proactive in delivering impactful, measurable results and they have been able to do just that.”
Paul Jackson – Head of Marketing, Agfa Healthcare
“Silver Buck understand healthcare IT and the UK market. With that in mind, they become a valuable, quick and easy extension to a marketing team. They deliver quality and consistent, multi-channel marketing to support a range of activities. The work that Silver Buck did to support event promotion online pre, post and during was invaluable in terms of awareness, meaning ROI was maximised.”
Hassan Chaudhury – Digital Health Lead, Healthcare UK, Department of International Trade
“I believe great health tech innovation needs great communicators behind it to ensure key decision-makers and end-users know about it so it can make the most impact. With a reputation as the best specialist health tech PR company in the country, Silver Buck is known for helping suppliers to cut through the noise and make a real difference, so it was an easy decision to work with them.”
Chris Marsom – Head of Marketing at Digital Health
“Silver Buck will yet again play an important role in supporting the Digital Health Rewired in 2021. Using their extensive industry contacts and unrivalled experience, they help us bring people from all corners of the digital health community together – including NHS professionals, industry suppliers and media – to learn, collaborate and share digital experiences”
Tim Quainton – Managing Director of Silverlink Software
“Silver Buck came highly recommended to us by a close contact within the sector. We wanted to work with an agency that can capitalise on and amplify our track record, pushing our boundaries and ensuring recognition as a supplier that can provide the building blocks to an innovative, forward thinking best of breed solution. It was clear that Silver Buck understood our market from the outset and as such, were able to get to work straight away and obtain immediate results.”
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