Management
Jack Fairhall, CEO
Jack’s business background is in corporate entertainment. He was the Managing Director of The E3 Group, an entertainment production company, for 7 years.
The E3 Group supply entertainment for clients such as Thomas Cook, First Choice, P&O Cruises, London Clubs Casinos, Audi, Mercedes and others. They provide everything from one off large scale events, the writing of production shows, recruitment of in-house entertainment staff or acts for one off performances, rearsals, training and costume manufacture.
During Jack’s time at E3, they grew from 2 people to a team of over 100 staff internationally. Jack is still a shareholder in The E3 Group but is now full time with Kwiqq, building on his passion for the internet, especially social media.
Colin Bolt, Creative Director
Colin has a varied CV from commercial photographer, to scientific researcher for the New Zealand fisheries commission. He has been using the internet since day one and is a regular contributor to many online blogs and journals and a leading thinker on the development of the internet.
Dan James, Lead Designer
Proficient in standards based XHTML/CSS and user experience, with a strong emphasis on providing a detailed site vision and creating intuitive easy to use interfaces.
Dan has designed and built sites ranging from small business start-ups to large Charities, with a clear understanding of the design process and an ability to communicate his ideas in a straightforward and simple manner.
Dan has a broad base of knowledge and is widely read on many subjects. With a BSc Hons in Politics and Economics, Dan is currently researching linguistics and the impact categories have on the human interpretation of content, and thus the interaction through social media.
David Hill, Non-executive Director
Prior to entering the entertainment business, David enjoyed a career in Commercial / Sales management. David is also a professional singer and actor. He has made several TV appearances, toured theatres, and has performed in the pantomime `Cinderella` for five Christmas seasons alongside Julian Clary.
David held the position of Overseas Entertainment Manager for Airtours Holidays and was instrumental in designing and managing the entertainment programme for all Suncenter hotels. David was promoted to Head of Entertainment for Airtours Hotels Division in August 1996 and was responsible for the entertainment, including the booking of all acts, within all the properties that Airtours owned, worldwide.
David founded the E3 Group in 1998, with Airtours Plc as his first client. David has since expanded the business dramatically to include an impressive range of high profile clients. He continues to take responsibility for the strategic planning and development of the E3 Group, and he negotiates all the commercial agreements with E3`s clients.
Raj Anand, Operations Director
Raj is the winner of Europe's Young Entrepreneur 2007 by BusinessWeek and was one of the Top 6 Entrepreneurs in the UK at Cranfield University's Upstart Programme.
He graduated from Sussex University with a BEngg (1.1)/MRes in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence. At 23 he setup Anderstand Limited and developed the majority of the software.
Raj worked for the European Union, in Shell STEP internships and developed software projects for Dazdaq Limited, Daniel Sullivan Racing, Desi-Soundz Radio Station and Sussex University research lab. Raj won many national awards for projects in computer science, leadership skills and his entrepreneurial ambitions; inc the Millennium Volunteer award for helping local charities with Web projects, President of the best Society at Sussex University Union and runner up at South East Shell STEP awards.
Alex May, Lead Developer
As a programmer with over twenty-five years experience, Alex is still fascinated with the design and implementation of social network technology. Since the early nineties, several years before the introduction of wide-spread UK public access to the Internet, Alex was designing, programming, and distributing world-wide the most advanced Bulletin Board System ever written, tellingly even then focussing on providing a rich set of social tools and a fully bespoke front end.
An early adopter of Internet and web technology, Alex has created innovative web sites for Canon, Pathe, HP, Channel 4, Johnny Walker, the band Big Country, Track Records, and co-created and developed the WAP based gaming and social networking site wapscallion.net, which was awarded as one of the Best of WAP 2000 by Nokia.
Alex has notably been a journalist for PC Format, a published author for Dorling Kindersley, and, for the past six years, a video artist and innovative digital lighting designer, in 2007 performing at Holland Park in West London for Kensington & Chelsea council, as well as many London live shows with bands and artists, and writing audio/visual software that is used by thousands of creatives from Santiago to Tokyo to Brighton.
Andrew Burke, Non-excutive Director
Professor Andrew Burke is Director of the Bettany Centre for Entrepreneurial Performance and Economics. He is also Research Professor of the Max Planck Institute, Germany. Previously, he was Reader & Deputy Director at the Centre for SMEs (small to medium sized enterprises), Warwick Business School as well as Academic Director of the Executive MBA. He was a Visiting Associate Professor at the Anderson School of Business, UCLA in 2002. He is an editor of the International Journal of Entrepreneurship Education and has acted as a guest editor of the International Journal of Industrial Organization.
Andrew has acted as a consultant for organisations such as the European Commission, The UK Department of Trade and Industry, Business Links UK, Schlumberger, GCI UK, Bank of Ireland International Banking, and the Irish Music Rights Organisation. Andrew is an investor in kwiqq and a non-executive director.
Sumner Makin, Non-executive Director
Sumner Makin is a Strategy Consultant at BMG Strategy Consulting's head-office in London. He is currently leading multinational teams to collaborate on and solve highly complex business problems using fact-driven analysis. Sumner's Physics PhD and two Masters at Cambridge University have provided him with substantial quantitative expertise.
A rigorous approach and strong background in Financial Services, including Commercial Property Investment, ensure successful delivery of a wide range of projects. These frequently leverage large-volumes of client data using industry-leading analysis to create potent recommendations. Sumner's lengthy public-speaking experience means that he enjoys presenting the practical and engaging results to senior executives.