Richard Williams - Co-Founder

Richard is a self-confessed film buff. In fact he is in love with all aspects of film production from direction, through filming and performing to simply watching the end product.

He has a similar attitude to all things in IT. By applying the wide range of skills he has gained over more than 20 years in the IT industry he brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to any client or project.

Richard holds an MSc in Computing from Bradford University and has worked in varied IT roles as a freelance, consultant and as part of in-house teams. He has strong leadership skills as well as a rich background in analysis, design and development of a wide variety of software solutions across a broad spectrum of business sectors.

Richard Andrews - Co-Founder

Richard began his IT career in 1981 as a computer operator in the oil industry working both in the UK and Saudi Arabia.

He has been involved in software development since 1984 and has worked for such organisations as Siemens, Tesco, Europcar, Marks & Spencer, Argos, Sainsburys and many others. Richard has a wealth of experience ranging from business analysis and project management through QA and testing to analysis, design and development.

Dr. Petar Goulev - Senior Software Engineer

Petar is a graduate of the University of Sofia in Bulgaria, holds an MSc in E-Commerce from the University of Buckingham and a doctorate from Imperial College, London. He handles product support for out tourism products and clients as well as general technical support for networking, operating systems and infrastructure software for Xactaware.

Jennie Harden - Senior Software Engineer

Jennie comes from a software consultancy background with extensive experience in Windows platform development.

She is primarily involved in our work in accreditation / certification systems.

David Williamson - Senior Software Engineer

David is our newest team member and brings with him a wide and varied experience of windows and web software development in the financial and security industries.

He will be bolstering our development team across all aspects of our development base.

Ian Sandon - Software Engineer

Ian specialises in .NET development and supports our Xactalog Issue Logging system. He is undertaking a rolling migration of our core solutions to .NET 3.5 and this project is allowing him to gain exposure to the latest technologies.

David Mateos - Software Engineer

David originates from Madrid and brings a Spanish flavour to the Xactaware workplace.

He is experienced in developing for Windows and Browser environments and is currently enhancing our accreditation / certification solutions.

Teresa Hellen - Sales Consultant

If you are dealing with the sales aspects of Xactaware then Teresa will be your first point of contact.

She is a constant source of happiness in our office environment and a great motivator with boundless energy.

Teresa is currently executing a sales plan for our range of products.

Paul Dix - Business Consultant

Paul is our most senior analyst specialising in business analysis, product placement and pre-sales activities.

He is a specialist in the financial sector and in pre-sales and marketing activities.

Paul's focus is currently on the marketing and sales strategy for out tourism related products and services.

Teresa Andrews - Technical Author / Marketing Consultant

Teresa has a background in technical journalism, marketing and PR and has handled a wide variety of clients from airports to airlines and IT companies to utilities.

She handles Xactaware's technical and user documentation needs and has been helping to formulate the marketing strategy for Xactaware and giving the company strategic support since its inception.

Teresa also manages our finances and deals with the company's accountant.

Nic Barber - Facilities Manager

Nic manages all Xactaware's facilities and assets such as offices, computers, furniture and equipment.

He is an associate member of the team and shares his time between his own business interests in the property and facilities management arena and the needs of Xactaware.

Belinda Sandon - QA Analyst

Belinda provides QA support to our development team for all projects.

She deals with the whole QA process including reviews, planning, scripting, testing and process control.