Meet the Team
Peter Swain
Managing Director
Peter has 14 years of experience in designing and developing web solutions for a variety of Blue Chip customers, starting with yell.com in 1994. He has since gone on to be an accomplished public speaker and has been published on a wide variety of topics covering the internet, its future and its effective integration with business.
Keith Swain
Business Director
Keith has worked as a business consultant across a range of industries for 30 years whilst specialising in the IT sector. He has worked on projects in over 50 countries with budgets of up to $300m and has a flawless record of delivering on time and on budget. He has a diploma in Management and holds a BSc. Hons in Applied Statistics.
Dave Meikle
Project Manager
Dave has been involved in web development and management for over 11 years and project management as a whole for 13 years. His management experience came from the yellow pages design studios during the 90's and has more recently consulted with blue chip clients such as Intel. Dave is both Prince 2 and Six Sigma qualified.
Adam Jenkins
Lead Developer
Adam joined us last year and has already proven himself to be a valuable asset. His coding experience ranges across a multitude of platforms and languages and he is currently in charge of both our in house and our freelance development teams. During the last 6 months Adam has fronted projects at a Local Government and National Government level as well as several e-business concepts.
Scott Chown
Senior Designer
Scott has 6 years of web design experience and has more recently mastered skills in CSS and accessible design. He has been with Forward Slash Media for over 2 years and has been at the helm of over 100 projects during that time.
His design influences include Nature and European alternative films.
Danny Groves
Junior Designer
Danny originally joined Forward Slash Media as a web integrator earlier this year.
It soon became obvious the level of talent he possessed and he moved into a design focused role. Danny has been instrumental in the success of a range of projects including Bristol Old Vic and Chippenham Town Council.
Sallyanne Howell
Quality Assurance
Having completed a Joint degree in History and Psychology, Sallyanne joined us as a graduate trainee in June 2008 allowing us to bring our quality assurance process in house.
She is actively involved in implementing our standards across the board and keeping the company abreast of future developments.
Marie Lockett
Finance and Administration
Marie provides key support in finance and administration and, in truth, keeps the ship sailing! Her experience was gained in large customer orientated environments and has proved invaluable during her time with us.