As founder of BlueRunner, Chris is responsible for keeping the big wheel turning and inspiring the team to do a great job for our clients every single day. His favourite bit of tech is the mobile phone, those that know him will say it never leaves his side and needs surgically removing! In his younger years, he tried to woo a Spanish Fallera in Valencia with his Spanish, but instead of calling her beautiful he called her sister. If only he had his mobile phone, then he could have used Google Translate.

Claire supports the team from a marketing strategy and activation perspective – taking each of our platforms, articulating them beyond technical speak and packaging them up (with the help of Gess to make them look super sexy) so that clients can easily understand the features, advantages and importantly, the benefits that they can enjoy from each. Claire’s claim to fame is being on the Big Breakfast as ‘Family of the Week’ alongside Gaby Roslin, Chris Evans and Paula Yates, though luckily you can’t find any trace of it on the internet so the experience is easy to forget.

Alex joined us after 16 years at M&S. He sees his role as understanding our clients needs from the get go, supporting them to practically solve the challenges they face and working with them to deliver smooth project roll outs… all whilst building great relationships! Alex recently funded his flights, accommodation and spending money for his best friend’s stag in Marbella entirely from his eBay APP, which is his new-found, favourite bit of digital tech. His girlfriend is yet to notice the amount of stuff that has just ‘disappeared’ from his house, but we’re guessing he may be in trouble when she does.

Gess leads the design team in making things look super sexy and user-friendly by piling up pixels, colours, fonts, shapes and images. Passionate, fiery and with a huge amount of Italian gusto (as you’d expect) - Gess loves playing her electric guitar, enjoys football every Saturday and having boxing lessons so - don’t mess with Gess.

Jan’s role is to transform user requirements into lines of code and ghost bust when necessary - oh and almost as important, he’s responsible for replacing the water bottle from the cooler in the office. Jan admires simple tech things – like paying with a tap or tracking your bus/train from your phone – the kind of things designed to make our lives easier.

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Ian’s commitment to the business is to strategically guide the senior team in doing the absolute best for shareholders, clients and team members.Ian’s favourite bit of tech is his Strava cycling APP which allows him to monitor his performance and make improvements. And his claim to fame? Well, he sang with the Nolan sisters at his 18th birthday!

Daniel’s role is to lead the software development team in making sure our platforms, products, architecture and security is all in order and that all projects are delivered on time and to scope. Of course his role naturally involves taking responsibility for making sure that we stay ahead of digital trends in our research and development so that what we’re developing and enhancing is market leading in its area.
Outside of BlueRunner Daniel has many passions and when he’s not keeping an eye on new technology (as you would expect) - he can be found running, horse riding, playing chess and travelling.

Laurence is responsible for supporting our clients – be it in person with the training of our products and platforms on client sites or by managing incoming calls quickly and efficiently. In his younger years (not that he’s old), if he wasn’t engrossed in DS Brain Training, you’d find Laurence playing table tennis for Essex.

Responsible for transforming conceptual ideas into dynamic, yet workable user friendly designs, Craig loves the artistry involved in his role. Out of work he’s just as creative – Craig’s an artist working in alternative pop/tattoo art, which apparently means he draws lots of skulls.

Andrew is responsible for implementing the latest technology across our applications and broadening our knowledge of competitor systems in the market so that we remain cutting edge and feature rich in what we do. He’s also our resident food hoarder and so if you need a snack – just ask Andrew. Thinking back to his favourite tech – it had to be his games console. He used to spend hours playing as a child – his biggest question being how one controller could cleverly control multiple characters, speed adjustment, combos and tricks… his mind is still boggled!

As part of the software development team, Jag creates new functionality based on client requirements and occasionally ghost busts with Jan. Jag loves to travel which her husband as well as to cook new dishes and learn about food from different cultures. She was also a pretty nifty volleyball player and part of the medal winning team at a state championship in India.