
CEO D2C Limited, Twinfield UK & Executive Director of WordFrame - evangelist for SaaS, web 2.0, and social media
St Albans, United Kingdom

CEO D2C Limited, Twinfield UK & Executive Director of WordFrame - evangelist for SaaS, web 2.0, and social media
St Albans, United Kingdom
I've been described as a web 2.0 entrepreneur, evangelist and blogger. I'm a software guy who has been around in the industry since a time before PCs and when mainframes, rather than the Internet, ruled the earth. Although I'm a "geek" at heart, my company's mantra is "think Business, not Technology". I'm passionate about helping people make use of the latest web 2.0 technology to make their businesses do more for less. I hate waste, and I hate the kind of consultants who want to keep the expertise mystified so they can maintain their expert status (and high fees).
I wear several hats with a common enterprise 2.0 thread. I'm the CEO of D2C, a consulting company that provides social media consulting and Software as a Service, or web based solutions for content, collaboration, web publishing, and online accounting. I'm an Executive Director of ITBrix, the software company that provides a web publishing and collaboration platform called WordFrame for building better web communities. I write a blog called Business Two Zero about applying web 2.0 technology, SAS tactics and guerrilla marketing to business.
I'm an inveterate networker. I'm involved in running London Wiki Wednesdays, I'm one of the founders of the CreativeCoffee Club, and helped start Amplified - the network of networks. Creativity is one of the things I like to talk about, because we don't encourage it enough within our education system, or make it a regular part of the day to day processes of our companies and organisations. I'm also a wannabe writer, working on a book about capturing commercial creativity with two friends.
I'm a native of London's east end, and have always lived in or around the city. I'm currently based in St. Albans with my wife and two children (aged 14 and 16). My interests outside of work include music, film and supporting West Ham United.
social media consulting, sales, marketing, business planning, channel management, change management, ERP, finance systems, ECM, collaboration, SaaS
(Non-Profit; Information Technology and Services industry)
March 2009 — Present (11 months)
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 2008 — Present (2 years 1 month)
ITBrix is the author of WordFrame. WordFrame is at the forefront of a new breed of business communication and social networking tools
that include blogs, wikis, people profiles, professional connections, the use of RSS feeds, group messaging and document management which are now known, collectively, as Enterprise 2.0. We provide a single, secure social media platform that combines all of these technologies in to a web publishing and collaboration environment that is designed to help you build better web communities.
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
May 2005 — Present (4 years 9 months)
(Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2004 — Present (5 years 5 months)
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 2003 — October 2004 (1 year 10 months)
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry)
August 2000 — December 2002 (2 years 5 months)
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
May 1999 — July 2000 (1 year 3 months)
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)
December 1997 — May 1999 (1 year 6 months)
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)
April 1994 — December 1997 (3 years 9 months)
(Information Technology and Services industry)
1994 — 1996 (2 years )
BSc (Hons) , Applied Physics , 1975 — 1978
enterprise 2.0, social media, strategic planning, new marketing, guerrilla marketing, startups, creativity, technology, music, film, reading
Member Institute of Directors, Enterprise Irregulars, Social Media Today, CreativeCoffee Club, London Wiki Wednesdays, Girl Geek Dinners, The Tuttle Club, LinkedIn Bloggers