
David Murphy
Technical Director, Founder Firechaser
I have 12 years experience in developing for the internet covering many aspects of back end design from programming to application and network architecture. I also specialise in high volume architecture and performance, most recently using Amazon Cloud. I currently live in Barcelona with my dog Ella.
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- Languages spoken:
English, Spanish, French, Mandarin
- Surprising talent:
Sheep herding
- Favourite food:
Curry
- Embarrassing moment:
When practising Mandarin in a Chinese restaurant, asking for a pair trousers instead of chopsticks to eat my noodles

Hilary Otto
Web Development Director, Founder Firechaser
My job involves both the hard stuff: contracts, costing, strategy and pitch documents; and the softer stuff: meeting clients, creative direction and team leading. I have an MBA from Henley Management College and I live and work from Barcelona.
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- Surprising talent:
I know how to build a campfire
- Favourite colour:
Emerald green
- Technophobe moment:
Why can’t you see a digital camera screen when it’s sunny?
- You wouldn't expect me to like:
Led Zeppelin

Adrian Jacob
Senior User Interface Developer Firechaser
I am a very proud recent first time father hailing from London. My passion is all things front end. From pixel perfection in Photoshop, the latest CSS3 & HTML5 techniques to jQuery, Accessibility, Usability & Search Engine Optimisation.
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- Surprising talent:
Making fresh mexican food. Fajitas, burritos, mmmmm....
- Favourite film:
Bedknobs & Broomsticks Back to the Future
- Embarrasing moment:
"What kind of animal is the Pink Panther?" (oh dear)
- You wouldn't expect me to like:
Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera & Shakira

Oli Weighell
Lead Developer Firechaser
Having studied history and started out as a project manager in the charity sector, my route into web development wasn't exactly classical. I began learning about programming initially as a hobby for a charity site, which then turned into a full blown project and obsession. I have been with Firechaser since 2008.
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- Geeky interest:
Insects and biology
- Latest obsession:
Kite Surfing
- Technophobe moment:
wondering how a virus on my computer was managing to type away faster and faster, until i realised that my keyboard was plugged in, on the floor and under my feet

Maurice Fosso
PHP Developer Firechaser
Inspired by Richard Wright, I grew up dreaming of becoming a writer. Trained in Germany as a communication systems and later software engineer I now spend my days between Drupal and Tessitura development.
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- Languages spoken:
English, French, German
- Best moment of the day:
My first coffee
- Surprising Truth:
'I hate computer games and am building a personal collection of world movies

Luigi Clemente
PHP Developer Firechaser
Coming from a background of Electronic Engineering, I quickly forgot basic maths and slowly learned database and web programming. I came to London attracted by the mild climate, the food, and the size of the weekly Timeout magazine.
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- Worst investment ever:
A Fender guitar, obviously defective, since it can only play few chords in very slow and dissonant sequences
- Favourite pet:
Aye-Aye
- Technophobe moment:
When I had to cancel my World of Warcraft account before the firemen broke in my house, alerted by worried neighbours.

Mark Grogan
PHP Developer Firechaser
From North Manchester with a bit of Irish thrown in for good measure. I have had a background in IT since 2003. Initially working on desktop and servers, I progressed into web development and have not looked back. Recently I have been devoting much of my time to Drupal development.
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- Geeky Interest:
Second world war history
- Favourite destination:
New Zealand
- Technophobe moment:
Clicking a screenshot of my desktop and wondering why pc isn't working. Doh!
- Interesting fact:
I used to work as cocktail bar man.

Chris MacNeil
Project Manager Firechaser
My relationship with the Internet was launched when the Ottawa Freenet, Alanis Morrisette and copious amounts of Seattle-style coffee conspired together. Over the years, I've published, trained, spoken about and helped develop a range of materials in internet search, e-learning, e-commerce and more recently social media. I moved to London in 2001, and am very active in the Canadian community.
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- Daydreams about:
Designing art deco buildings in 1930s Holywood
- Favourite destination:
Ever: Iceland
- Technophobe moment:
My 3 year old taught me how to progress to the next level on Angry Birds
- You wouldn't expect me to like:
Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera & Shakira