Simon Newing, Managing Director
Simon was Focus's first employee, joining in 1996. After five years of web based adventures in other places, Simon rejoined Focus in 2004 and bought his BBC Micro (pictured) with him.

Away from the PC, Simon spends most of his time hoping Watford will win a football match.

Lisa Lee, Business Development Director
Following graduation from Southampton University with a degree in Corporate Communications, Lisa returned to Bristol to develop her main skills which she lists as 'talking' and 'drinking wine'.

We think that's the perfect combination for looking after our clients.

Neil Smith, Technical Director
Neil has spent many years knee deep in the development of large scale web applications - including a stint as IT Director for a divison of Kodak - helping launch an entire new range of web based services to the public.

Neil also plays guitar, piano, drums, bass guitar, the harmonica, keyboard and sings. And he's not bad on the Wii as well......

Chris Lugg, Technical
Chris left UWE with an honours degree in Real Time Systems, and now has over six years experience developing web applications - completing projects for Audi, Somerfield and Park Resorts amongst others.
Outside of work, Chris likes to be surrounded by noise - not only is he a new father but he plays in a metal band.

Jim Balchin, Design
With six years industry experience, Jim is equally happy writing code or designing graphics. One of his key areas at Focus is ensuring our web sites meet accessibility and W3C standards.

Jim also produces electronic music for a number of record labels and cooks a mean chilli.

Amy Wilson, Account Executive
Amy joined Focus from a varied background of office management, teaching English in Spain and feeding animals at Bristol Zoo. Now, Amy is deeply involved in all things sales, marketing and PR.
When not cycling through muddy woodland or dancing badly, Amy enjoys a nice piece of cake.

Mr G, Technical
Our secret weapon against PHP, MySQL and all things technical - the identity of Mr G (think of him as our 'Stig') can never be revealed. But take our word that any project, no matter how complex, will be safe in his hands.

If we told you who he was, we'd all be in big trouble.....

Mike Newing, Director and Founder
Mike was one of the co-founders of Focus and still pops in occasionally to make sure we're all behaving ourselves. Mike spends most of his time these days in South Devon - either in his cottage or at one of the many boat yards in the area looking for that 'next purchase'.

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