The Grapple Team
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Jon Claydon
Chairman
- Fav App:
- Numo Finder
- Phone:
- Nokia E72
"In my spare time I'm a columnist for Top Gear magazine."
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Alistair Crane
CEO
- Fav App:
- Poynt
- Phone:
- BlackBerry 9700
"I represented Great Britain in the International Schools Athletics Championship and featured among the top five fastest UK100 & 200m runners U21."
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Jamie True
Founder
- Fav App:
- ESPN Blog
- Phone:
- iPhone 4S
"I won a penalty competition for Tottenham Hotspur scoring against Ray Clemence and Tony Parks!"
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Ed Lea
CTO
- Fav App:
- TV Plus
- Phone:
- Nokia Lumia 800
"At 13, was part of the youngest team to win BP's "Build-a-car" competition and appeared on Blue Peter as a result."
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Jack Bekhor
CCO
- Fav App:
- TuneIn Radio
- Phone:
- Blackberry Bold 9900 & iPhone 4
"I was one of youngest people to graduate from Imperial College"
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Adam Levene
CSO
- Fav App:
- TweetDeck
- Phone:
- iPhone 4S
"Uri Geller once bent a spoon in front of me."
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Alan Lysne
COO
- Fav App:
- Phone:
- iPhone 4S
"I built and raced a solar powered vehicle across the United States - topping out at speeds of 100 km/h (where allowed of course)."
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Alexander Svensson
Senior Business Development Manager
- Fav App:
- Soundhound
- Phone:
- iPhone 3GS
"I once won VIP tickets to an MTV Icon special for The Cure after I was voted to have best described what makes their music so unique."
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Anthony Banerjee
Business Development Manager
- Fav App:
- Phone:
- iPhone 4 / Sony Ericsson Arc
"I designed and developed an early version of Facebook, which for some reason I decided not to follow through with!"
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Emma Carroll
Business Development Manager
- Fav App:
- Travel Deluxe
- Phone:
- iPhone 4
"I was scouted for the national swimming team when I was five years old after swimming a mile in one hour."
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Chris Ackroyd
Strategic Planner
- Fav App:
- Spotify
- Phone:
- iPhone 4
"I ran the Paris Marathon"
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Anneka Dew
PR & Marketing Manager
- Fav App:
- Wordfeud
- Phone:
- iPhone 4
"I was placed 3rd in Jive, and 4th in Waltz and Quickstep in a National DanceSport Competition at Blackpool Towers"
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David Tchou
Head of Project Management
- Fav App:
- Streetcar
- Phone:
- iPhone 4S
"I walked a tiger on a leash - tiger tiger"
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Heather Ellis
Senior Project Manager
- Fav App:
- Google Maps
- Phone:
- Samsung Galaxy S2
"At the age of 13, I went to Jordan and rode a camel through the site where Indiana Jones was filmed"
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Katie Bath
Senior Project Manager
- Fav App:
- The Trainline
- Phone:
- Blackberry 9700
"I once sat on the flight deck of concord and pressed the red button to make it go supersonic!"
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Charlie Carpenter
Project Manager
- Fav App:
- Spotify
- Phone:
- iPhone
"I was once lucky enough to grace the stage of the Shepherds Bush Empire, where my band got to play to 2000 people"
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Fionn Concannon
Senior Project Manager
- Fav App:
- Exoplanet
- Phone:
- iPhone 4
"I jumped out of an airplane at 15,000 ft for the Lymphoma Association and survived to handover the money I raised"
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Staci Weixlmann
Project Manager
- Fav App:
- ESPN SportsCenter
- Phone:
- iPhone4
"I have been snowmobiling since I was 6."
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Nick Nicholas
Finance
- Fav App:
- Sky Sports
- Phone:
- iPhone 3GS
"I've never eaten lunch in my life!"
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Juanita Nicholls
Financial Manager
- Fav App:
- Addison Lee
- Phone:
- iPhone 3GS
"My grandfather was the first person to plant pineapples in my home town of Hluhluwe (South Africa), which is today the producer of 90% of all fresh pineapples in South Africa."
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Annerien Kriel
Financial Controller
- Fav App:
- Baby Cry Translator
- Phone:
- BlackBerry Curve
"I'm training to become a dive instructor in my spare time."
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James Piccirillo
Business Analyst
- Fav App:
- Shazam
- Phone:
- iPhone 4
"I am running the Venice Marathon this year"
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May Lindsay
Office Manager
- Fav App:
- Trivial Pursuit
- Phone:
- iPhone 3GS
"I reached grade 5 Ballet and could dance on pointe... Ouch!"
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Trisha Patel
Head of Creative
- Fav App:
- Phone:
- iPhone 4S
"When I was young I was in Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat with Phillip Schofield."
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Stuart Boyd
Lead User Experience Architect
- Fav App:
- Spotify
- Phone:
- iPhone 3GS
"I was once given a design award by Prince Edward for building a collection of furniture out of toilet seats."
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George Mayou
Visual Designer
- Fav App:
- iSwap Faces
- Phone:
- iPhone 4
"I was once on Playdays!"
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Kelvin Leung
Visual Designer
- Fav App:
- Phone:
- iPhone 4s
"I'm a Portuguese citizen but don't speak a word of Portuguese!"
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Nick Jones
Strategic Design Lead
- Fav App:
- Phone:
- iPhone 4
"I cycle 170 miles per month!"
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Stephen Pearson
Junior UI Designer
- Fav App:
- Skies of Glory
- Phone:
- iPhone 3GS
"I've been playing the guitar all my life classical, spanish and electric."
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Ryan Barnes
Head of Product & Business Operations
- Fav App:
- WordsWithFriends
- Phone:
- iPhone 3GS
"My MA final major project, Aidapp, was shortlisted at the British Interactive Media Awards (BIMA)."
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Dean Adkins
Technical Director
- Fav App:
- Sky Sports News
- Phone:
- iPhone 3GS
"I’ve been playing drums since I was 3 and been lucky enough to ply my trade at all levels, and some famous venues"
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Danny Marsland
Senior Developer
- Fav App:
- Phone:
- Samsung Galaxy S
"I have cycled the World's Most Dangerous Road."
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Luke Moody
Senior Developer
- Fav App:
- TouchOsc
- Phone:
- iPhone 4S
"I once took part in the cheese rolling event in Gloucester and won a wheel of delicious cheese for being the first person to fall down the hill the quickest."
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Dominic Thomas
Senior Developer
- Fav App:
- Soundcloud
- Phone:
- LG Optimus 2x
"I once appeared on stage with the six time World Gurning Champion and won first prize in my category. Charming!"
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Ian Wallis
Developer
- Fav App:
- Tiny Tower
- Phone:
- Samsung Galaxy S2
"I finished my A-levels at an all girls school after my chosen subjects were canceled at the last minute"
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Nathan Anderson
Developer
- Fav App:
- Google Maps
- Phone:
- Samsung Galaxy Ace
"I've wrestled with a crocodile"
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Paul Winkler
Developer
- Fav App:
- Llama
- Phone:
- Galaxy S
"In my spare time I build camper-vans from bits off eBay"
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Kseniya Volkova
Developer
- Fav App:
- Zynga Poker
- Phone:
- iPhone 4S
"I was once on a cover of a magazine as a Bond Girl with a headline "From Russia with love""
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James Butler
Developer
- Fav App:
- Foursquare
- Phone:
- iPhone 3GS
"I enjoy playing polo at the weekends."
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Paolo Simonazzi
Developer
- Fav App:
- Phone:
- iPhone 4
"I'm from Rome and only recently moved to London! Having worked as a hardware designer for several years, I'm now back to the software."
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Ryan Salton
Developer
- Fav App:
- Phone:
- iPhone 4
"I can solve a rubiks cube in under 1 minute."
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Francisco Belch
Developer
- Fav App:
- Goggles
- Phone:
- Nexus One
"In my spare time I'm a karting driver."
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Doug Inman
Developer
- Fav App:
- Wolf3d+
- Phone:
- Rotary Telephone
"I once climbed up Mount Fuji, Japan."
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Alex Lim
Developer
- Fav App:
- Flashlight
- Phone:
- Nokia 1100
"I have been fencing since I was 12 and am a qualified coach."
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Gavin Thomas
Developer
- Fav App:
- Phone:
- HTC Sensation
"I am very passionate about music and play bass in a progressive rock band. I also grew up in New Jersey, USA."
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Wendy Abrantes
Developer
- Fav App:
- Allrecipes.co.uk
- Phone:
- iPhone 4
"I am really curious about percussion instruments and play the didgeridoo, tablas, cajon and am currently learning the darbuka."
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Delroy Willis
Developer
- Fav App:
- Earworms
- Phone:
- iPhone 3GS
"I went to one of the first universities that did Playstation programming."
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James Addyman
Developer
- Fav App:
- Guitar Toolkit
- Phone:
- iPhone 4
"One of my iPhone apps was ranked in the top 25 of 2009 apps amongst Facebook, Google Earth and Shazam."
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Thomas Meehan
Developer
- Fav App:
- Pocket Racing
- Phone:
- HTC Wildfire
"I have a copy of the Hobbit by Tolkien in the local language from every country I have visited."
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James Linnegar
Developer
- Fav App:
- Spaghetti Marshmallows
- Phone:
- HTC Desire
"I am a member of both CAMRA and The Ramblers and can usually be found out in the wilderness in the rain, or a pub out of it."
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Ben Grant
Developer
- Fav App:
- Spotify
- Phone:
- iPhone 4
"I've been snowboarding in Europe at least once a year for the last seven years!"
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Deon Botha
Developer
- Fav App:
- Angry Birds
- Phone:
- HTC Desire HD
"I have snowboarded the majority of club fields in New Zealand."
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Adam Scrase
QA Manager
- Fav App:
- Phone:
- iPhone 4
"I swam in the Arctic ocean under the midnight sun"
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Alex Pilalis
Senior Tester
- Fav App:
- Star Walk
- Phone:
- Blackberry Bold
"I'm currently making a cartoon show."
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Mark Cant
QA Lead
- Fav App:
- Free App a Day
- Phone:
- iPhone 4S
"I was High Jump Champion for my school, 3 years in a row."
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Cara Gifford-Pitcher
Tester
- Fav App:
- World Cruise Story
- Phone:
- HTC Wildfire
"I can do a pitch perfect impression of a Jiggly Puff"
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Yusuf Ibrahim
Tester
- Fav App:
- Game Dev Story
- Phone:
- HTC Sensation XE
"I helped launch a video game at the Dominican Theatre"
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Remi Mckenzie
Tester
- Fav App:
- VLC Player
- Phone:
- iPhone 4
"I coach the under 9's team at Balham Blazers FC."
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Jamal Ibrahim
Tester
- Fav App:
- Music Box Pro
- Phone:
- HTC Desire HD
"I once took part in a musical adaptation of Oliver Twist."
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John Austin
Tester
- Fav App:
- Angry Birds
- Phone:
- N73
"I am currently training to become a Personal Trainer."
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Deanne Pierre-Pacquette
Tester
- Fav App:
- Unblock me
- Phone:
- iPhone 4
"I taught myself how to use photoshop CS2, and am now using those skills to enhance my community website."
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Alan Vong
Tester
- Fav App:
- Handcent SMS
- Phone:
- Sony Ericsson X10
"I have been to the Great Wall of China and the Forbidden City."
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John Mah
Platform Engineer
- Fav App:
- Phone:
- iPhone 3GS
"I've played in over 10,000 volleyball games in my life!"
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Johnny Lee
Platform Engineer
- Fav App:
- BB messenger
- Phone:
- BlackBerry Bold 9000
"I won the 5Km Bay Street Rat Race."
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Kevin Hunt
Platform Engineer
- Fav App:
- iThoughts
- Phone:
- iPhone 4
"This spring I'm launching a high-altitude balloon to photograph the earth from the stratosphere. I'll be able to track it's location and local weather conditions using an app I built for my iPhone."
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Mickey Ng
Platform Engineer
- Fav App:
- Switch Pro
- Phone:
- Sony Ericsson X10
"I can name every player on every team in the NBA."
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Monica El Meniawy
QA Analyst
- Fav App:
- Phone:
- LG Xenon
"I am an expert recorder player."
