Nick Goddard, Systems Administrator and Developer
Nick brings a wealth of experience to the Sigmer development team drawn from over 17 years experience in the ICT sector. Nick is Project Leader for Systems Administration and also provides coding and support across our client base. Previously working in the telecommunications industry, he has worked for a number of companies in the south east, including setting up an IVR (interactive voice response) system for the highly successful charity Red Nose Day. Nick's skills include Perl, PHP, SQL, Java, Linux/Unix Sys Admin and telecoms. Interests outside of work include football, cycling, badminton and an appreciation for Italy and its food and wine!
Tanya Stovold, Developer
Tanya brings over 9 years' commercial development experience to Sigmer. Tanya has worked on numerous client projects and manages the development of Scottish and Newcastle and Evolve. Tanya has a BSc in Agriculture from Writtle College (in association with Essex University) and is also a Sun Certified Programmer for the Java 2 Platform. Her technologies include Java, SQL, Webspeed, C and PHP. Tanya previously worked for Rentokil Initial developing man-guarding management systems. Her personal hobbies include horse riding and country walks, and often takes us Sigmoids out on a jolly horse ride over the Sussex Downs. Click here to see some photos.
Louise Lawrance, Designer
Louise joined the Sigmer design and development team in 2006. She has over 7 years' design experience within the IT industry where she has worked on front end coding and design as a lead website designer. Louise works on a number of client projects, including BSkyB, Sky News International and The Sussex Innovation Centre. Her technologies include (X)html, CSS and Flash and she is passionate about semantic code, standards compliance, usability and accessibility. She attended the d.construct conference last year and has also undertaken Jakob Nielsen usability training. Aside of work, Louise enjoys playing classical guitar, gardening, yoga, live music and is fluent in Spanish. View her personal site which is currently being developed.
Gareth James, Developer
Gareth joined the development team in October 2008, bringing with him over 3 years' experience in commercial website and web application development. Prior to joining Sigmer, he worked in London developing sites for a wide range of clients including Clinton Cards, Sony and Mazda. His technologies include PHP, MySQL, (X)HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Outside of work, his interests are football and music.
