the team

Our dynamic and expanding team consists of:

Simon

Peter

Rob

Gabor

Bruno

Emily

Elly

Simon Brook - Director

Simon is Osborne Brook’s technical director. Simon’s background is in Mathematics and Philosophy – allowing him to both think outside the box and communicate his innovative ideas to clients and stakeholders.

Simon‘s strength lies in flexible and innovative approach to technical problems. He is skilled at seeing new ways clients can make use of the internet.

Peter Osborne - Director

Peter is Osborne Brook’s director of usability and design – he dreams in HTML5 and CSS. In his previous life he obtained a Ph.D in Environmental Chemistry in 1995 before working as a Member of Faculty in Modern History at Oxford University (1996-9).

He has also worked as an associate lecturer in Technology with the Open University and is still (slightly bizarrely) a consultant in sustainable design to a Japanese construction company. Peter’s strength is his ability to work with and understand the needs of stakeholders and partners from diverse backgrounds.

Robert Crim - Lead Programmer

Robert, as far as we can tell, thinks in code (mostly Ruby wrapped in a Sinatra framework). His instinctive grasp of emerging technologies and languages helps keep us on the ‘bleeding edge’ of web design and application development.

Robert has a background in engineering science. Before coming to Osborne Brook, worked at The Planet’s data centres in Texas as a sysop.

Gabor Vajda - Coder

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Bruno Rios - Designer

Bruno 'beautifies' things. He is an experienced graphic and web designer having worked in both blue chip environments and smaller local companies. With a wealth of design experience he is able to provide a creative vision and direction from the initial concept to end product.

Emily Wright - Project Manager

Emily’s our new Project Manager and she's responsible for delivering our digital projects. Working for web design agencies in London and Brighton, Emily has worked with a wide range of clients from SMEs to the public sector.

In the OB office, you'll often see her with a post-it note in hand, planning the user journeys for the next project.

Elly Parry - Office Manager

Elly is Osborne Brook’s Office Manager/Finance/HR person - otherwise known as Director of Nagging. She has a background in EFL teaching and project management (though not simultaneously) and loves nothing better than making order out of chaos. Once she’s finished organizing the creative brainboxes at Osborne Brook she goes home to the really difficult bit of trying to organize her three children