CLIMAXOGRAPHY

Name: Ralph Overbeck
Position: Managing Partner (CEO)
Likes: www.ted.com
Dislikes: Alarm Clocks
Inspired by:  Perceiving truthfully

Ralph is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of webClimax. He has helped some of the world’s leading companies such as Vodafone to build their customer acquisition and retention strategies and has been instrumental in helping develop an industry leading personalisation programme for British Sky Broadcasting.  Ralph has a keen interest in enabling webClimax clients with strategic opportunities that can be gained from the new economy and technological advances of the World Wide Web where the big are becoming small and the small are becoming big.

Name: Jameel Sandham
Position: Managing Partner (CTO)
Likes:  Nice surf on a hot day... something we don’t get enough of in England!
Dislikes: Coriander
Inspired by:  The philosophies of Paulo Coelho told in The Alchemist

Jimmi is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of webClimax. Studying art and design he enjoys expressing his creativity in web design.  Jimmi enjoys all aspects of his responsibilities from delivering technical collaboration solutions and managing creative and technical work streams, to working in direct contact with clients. Although he is probably one of the youngest entrepreneurs in England, he is already dreaming of retiring early and surfing out the rest of his days in happiness.

Name: Donald Britz
Position: Managing Partner (COO)
Likes: Big skies
Dislikes: Flat batteries
Inspired by: The Delai Lama – the Purpose of Life ….. is to be Happy.

Donald studied and graduated in South Africa and the UK in Engineering and MBA.  After many years working as a management consultant managing complex international projects, Donald moved to the Devon countryside to establish a work/life balance and has been instrumental in defining webClimax project delivery methodology building client trust from the start and to make it a priority. Donald probably owns the oldest surfboard not found in a museum.

Name: Darren Young
Position: Art Director
Likes: Experiencing what the world has to offer
Dislikes: Cher
Inspired by: People I meet – Every opinion is valuable.

Darren studied and qualified in graphic arts in South Africa. He applied his trade in London as well as in Durban South Africa, during which time he spent working on several major international brands, before deciding to pursue his own path within the graphic design industry. His main focuses are on advertising, brand building and marketing.

Name: Brendon Warner-Atkinson
Position: Creative Director
Likes: Electrical Storms
Dislikes: Taking out the rubbish
Inspired by: Nature – The simplest of things, have lessons to teach.

Brendon is a self taught and self motivated graphic/web designer living in South Africa.  Having almost a decade of experience in the industry, he has followed the ever changing psychological and sociological paradigms of internet users. Understanding a user’s expectations is the key to developing technologies that are both intuitive and a true experience.

Name: Sarah Cahill
Position: Chief Online Producer
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Sarah oversees the making of content for websites and has a keen interest in defining and maintaining the character and theme of a website, as opposed to running it from a technical standpoint. Sarah also handles Communications & Marketing for webClimax and is the first point of contact for any PR related enquiries. In an industry which is famous for its love of jargon, the challenge of this role is to ensure webClimax is able to articulate its offering in an accessible, open manner.

Name: Rony Arafin
Position: Lead Consultant
Likes: Cricket, Movies and Travelling
Dislikes: Ignorance
Inspired by: My Father - who has achieved a lot of things in life

Rony was born in South East Asia and moved to the UK where he graduated in Computing & Information Technology. He has extensive expertise in web development and web optimisation and has made major contributions in the Typo3, Joomla, Drupal and PHP communities. Rony is living in Devon with his wife and enjoying the life in the West Country.

Name: Tina Howard
Position: Customer Services Manager
Likes: Sunny Mornings
Dislikes: Bad Manners
Inspired by: Ordinary people who make a difference every day.

Tina Howard joined webClimax in 2008. With a solid background in financial control and sales account management, Tina ensures webClimax conducts its business in a transparent, open manner. Tina has a keen interest in enabling the business to grow and succeed, and explains the attraction of working for webClimax as an opportunity to help deliver projects with a clear return-on-investment for our clients. Prior to webClimax, Tina started her career as a legal secretary. Since then, her career has evolved to include experience in advertising; PA to executive team, and the role of Business Manager for a training company within the telecoms industry.