LShift is run by four directors.
Andy's background is in Avionics
and Electronic Engineering (communications, radar, doppler and
sonar systems.) He took degrees in Philosophy at York and
Middlesex Universities. Andy has had senior management roles in a
number of development and new media companies, including roles as
Technical Director at Amaze, Red Kite New Media and Zinc Ltd. He
founded the UK Director Users Group (DUG) and co-founded The
Cluster, the aim of which is "to encourage the development of
deep collaboration ('peering') between companies."
Matthias has a Ph.D.
and MEng. in Software Engineering from Imperial College and has
authored several papers on distributed system coordination,
process algebras and programming languages. His commercial
experience includes directorships within several technology
companies.
Stuart has degrees in Mathematics
and Applied Computing and has been developing web-based solutions
and building ISPs for ten years. He has vast experience over all
aspects of IT, from computer hardware through networking and
operating systems, to databases and application development. His
specialisation is in fault analysis and problem tracking.
Mike has been working in the
digital communications business for over 10 years, helping some
of the best respected companies in the world plan and build
communications technologies. He started his career at the
Financial Times where is worked on the launch of FT.com and over
time he has been a director of a number of web-related and not so
web-related businesses. He works closely with clients to help
develop and build their businesses and is responsible for the
overall management of LShift.
Andy Wilson, Director, LShift
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