stand out from the crowd
Having much experience with 'startups', Mark Finch has successfully launched Internet based projects in the United Kingdom, USA and Spain. Before forming iDate in 2003, he was co-founder and Director of an International Internet agency whose clients included Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) and Unicaja Bank (Spain) from 1998 to 2001. Most recently, Mark was one of the 'first to market' in the "txt-to-win" phenomenon of mobile competitions in the UK, fusing SMS technology with traditional media. He has a broad business background with particular expertise in sales, marketing and people management.
Audrey Ragg worked in the Finance Department of the Guinness Brewery from
1970 until 1992. For the first ten years she was involved in all aspects of
Financial Accounting including budgets and foreign currency accounting for a
European subsidiary company. She then transferred to Management Accounting
where she liaised with senior management in the preparation and control of
budgets and in the preparation of variance statements. She eventually became
Marketing Analyst and was in charge of a team developing a new computer
system to control a marketing budget of some £40 million ($75 million).
Glen brings expertise in user experience design, with a wealth of knowledge
that spans interactive design, information
architecture and leading cross-functional teams. After beginning his
career in the Internet industry in 1997 in San Francisco he moved to Europe
in 1998 to work in the UK and Western Europe. During this time he
has worked on and managed Internet projects for notable clients, such
as: Orange (UK); Accenture (previously Andersen Consulting), Regional Government of Madrid; Waltham Watches (Switzerland); and The High Diamond Council (Belgium);. Glen holds a post-graduate from Keele
University, England, in Further and Higher Education, 1996, and a BA in
Politics and Economics from Lancaster University, England, 1995.
Richard began his career as a database analyst and programmer for Strategy
Analytics market research consultants before moving to Internet application
development in 2003. Since then he has worked as a Senior Web Developer
and Consultant for the likes of GG.com (online horse racing betting) and
SkyNet.co.uk (web hosting and co-location services) before joining iDate
in late 2007. Richard holds a BSc in Computing from University Collage
Northampton.