Our Team

Ciarán's role as Skimlinks CTO is to lead the technical innovation for Skimlinks' products and the platform's infrastructure. Ciarán relishes this opportunity to develop technologies that enable exceptional experiences for clients and end-users of the Skimlinks technology.

Before joining Skimlinks, Ciarán worked in his native Ireland as Head of IT at one of the country's largest mobile communications companies. He has worked as a freelance developer before establishing Weeno Ltd, a web application and design company. Ciarán is currently the President of PHP London.

Ciarán also leads the team on music tastes and is often found singing the wrong words to songs, on the offbeat. He takes his lunch when everyone else in England is taking tea and enjoys falling down a mountain while attached to a snowboard.

Angus Bankes was founder and CTO of Moreover Technologies where he was recognised in the industry as a leader in the area of XML. At Moreover, Angus was one of the main advocates and driving force for the mass adoption of RSS feeds.

In 2005 Moreover Technologies was acquired by Verisign (NASD: VRSN) where Angus ran the technology for both moreover.com and weblogs.com. He has now joined the Skimlinks team to cover the area of technology strategy and architecture.

Angus gives regular talks to publishers and enterprises on such topics as the future of internet publishing, new distribution methods, social media and OpenID and enjoys forcing his colleagues to watch videos of himself appearing on 90s TV quiz shows.

Richard is another Australian import, recently moving away from sunny Brisbane to a climate more considerate to his complexion.

Previously working as Lead Developer for several years at Brightlabs, a leading Australian web agency, Richard has experience in a wide range of tech and is just as comfortable debugging browser rendering quirks as he is wiring up new servers in the data centre.

He passes the time on weekends writing open source file parsing libraries and reading books on cryptography. He also enjoys frequenting events of a live music variety as well as those of a comedic persuasion.

Phil made the move to join Skimlinks as a development team lead after his previous startup, Qwerly, sold to a company in the US. Before Qwerly, Phil was a developer at the BBC working on the iPlayer API project, where he was paid to watch TV to some degree. A BSc honors degree in computer studies from Teesside University ensures that he has all the knowledge of obscure data structures he might never need.

His specialties are APIs and 'big data' so he slots into the Skimlinks gang perfectly. Every now and again Phil dabbles in front-end development but quickly remembers why he claims to be a back-end guy on his CV.

Phil is father to a busy young toddler, and when he's not tidying brightly-coloured plastic toys away, he's a regular contributor to a few open source projects including API Axle, which he founded.

Imogen joined us from Cape Town, after a stint as a developer for the Amazon Web Services sector of Amazon.com.

Born in game farm country in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, Imogen loves nothing better than a dose of big sky and silence. When not hunched over a keyboard, she straps on running shoes and pretends that Hampstead Heath is on the slopes of Table Mountain - and then immediately ruins the good work by indulging her obsession for chocolate.

With degrees in Theoretical Physics and Computer Science and an (embarrassingly) encyclopaedic knowledge of all things Tolkien and Joss Whedon, Imogen's the geekiest woman she knows and proud of it. And, while her playlists do include such upbeat artists as Pearl Jam, Leonard Cohen, Nirvana and Radiohead, she's still somehow annoyingly cheerful most of the time.

Orla has joined us from Dublin to take up the role of QA Manager - and that means that everything has to go by her watchful eye before it is given the OK!

Before moving to London Orla was working as a QA Engineer for an Irish company after completing a BA in Computer Science.

Orla can be heard in the office confirming or disproving the "Irish things" that Ciaran has been telling the office for the last couple of years.

She is loving her new London life but has one issue with the fact that "R" is pronounced "arr" here and not "or", nearly a deal breaker but she's decided to tough it out!

Tom’s work as a web developer means that his interest in new technologies and keeping ahead of the curve are of great value. This, and his previous work in small businesses, means that he is well suited to his role as web developer here at Skimlinks.

He spends his time learning new things and reading and writing blogs. He also keeps busy by contributing to open source code projects; he is a big WordPress fan and develops for the platform in his spare time.

However it can't all be work, work, work, and to show he is a rounded individual he has a large collection of colourful, but ultimately pointless soaps.

Andras is Skimlinks' second Hungarian, and joins the team following his work on Hungary's largest social networking site, iwiw.

He loves coding chatbots and his dream is to do the Turing test. He also loves nature, but more often than not, you'll find him in front of his computer or checking in on FourSquare.

Neenu joins us from Kerala, South India as a QA Engineer. She loves to find bugs and automate test scripts.

Before moving to London, she was working as test analyst in India after completing her Engineering in Electronics and Communication.

Recently Neenu has been developing a passion for Android development. In her spare time she loves to test out her cooking skills on her husband, watch Bollywood movies and surf IMDB.com.

Catherine is the newest addition to the QA team, having originally been a member of the Operations team. She enjoys getting to grips with all the new processes at Skimlinks and making them as perfect as possible. A mixologist at heart, Catherine seeks to combine the disparate chunks of tracking URLs during the day, while avoiding unrefined ingredients of a more liquid variety at night.

Hailing from London, Catherine is the only member of the cockney contingent at Skimlinks, although she usually manages to hide it well. She loves detective novels, classical literature, spaghetti westerns and theatre, amongst many other things.

Steph is responsible for our operations and infrastructure and makes sure that everything runs smoothly. He's a keen practitioner of DevOps and is the resident go-to man for all things Cloudy.

Before joining Skimlinks, Steph ran large infrastructure operations in the US and UK for Moreover technologies, and prior to that administered servers in the UK and continental Europe supporting clients in television, telecommunications and new media.

When not on the servers he can be found tinkering with Linux on mobile devices & marshalling street skates in London's active rollerskating scene.

Jurg is another member of the team from sunny Cape Town, South Africa, and studied Electrical Engineering at UNISA. As a Systems Administrator, he ensures the continuous uptime of the skimfrastucture, as well as keeping the underlying technologies fresh and up to date.

Before joining Skimlinks, Jurg worked at Stone Three Venture Technology as a Systems Administrator, gaining a love and respect for all things Linux.

In his spare time he likes to see new places, have fun with friends, and play around with technology in new ways. He is a huge foodie who enjoys cooking and eating foods from the world over, and is currently going through a Polish phase.

Matthieu's role as COO means he is truly the backbone of the Skimlinks operation. From speccing new products, to managing the roadmap, keeping the payroll in order, to paying publisher commissions: he looks after it all.

Matthieu and Alicia met in Sydney, in a job interview. Alicia was going on a 6 week holiday and had a week to train someone to take over her job of running the entire ad management platform for Fairfax, one of Australia's largest online publishers. Matthieu stepped up to the plate, and not only learnt everything in a week, but by the time Alicia came back from holidays, found herself wonderfully redundant.

When Alicia heard that Matthieu was leaving Sydney to return to Europe, she snapped him up. He now runs Skimlinks, keeps everyone in line and religiously enjoys a Diet Fanta at 4pm every day. He's also teaches the rest of the team about the magic of pivot (Pivard) tables, and manages to juggle the start-up life along with being a new dad to little ‘SkimBaby’!

At Skimlinks Amy's main concern is money. She watches over the commission imports and company credit cards whilst keeping an eye on all things SkimWords. She also organises things, mostly parties, and is the go-to girl for anything & everything Skimlinks social.

Inside and outside work Amy loves a good party (foursquare can attest to that!). She likes to keep on top of what's going on in the world of events, whether it be an interpretive dance fling or a techno fist pump - the grimier the venue the better. And if there's even a chance a Roland TB-303 will feature in the proceedings, she's there in a flash.

Jo's role as Skimlinks' Product Manager means she gets to work closely with every member of the Skimlinks family, colleagues & partners alike. Having started at Skimlinks as an Account Manager & then our first Business Analyst, her current role allows her to shape how we develop our technology & tools to best suit our client's needs, from ideas generation to delivery of final products.

Jo joined Skimlinks after working as a freelance web manager, while simultaneously completing an MSc in Computer Science at UCL. With a first degree in Photography, she is the Skimlinks photographer-in-residence. Jo grew up in Texas but is British-born and her distinctive take on the English language keeps everyone guessing exactly where she is from.

With a love of all things free in London (and a strange fascination with the color green), you will often find Jo browsing the books at the British Library and getting involved in late nights at the V&A and Science Museum.

Manon brings strong industry knowledge to the Product team here at Skimlinks after joining us from one our valued network partners. As a Product Manager, he is involved in shaping the direction and ensuring the delivery of our core products and the technologies behind them. With his enthusiasm and experience of all things Agile, Manon's role allows him to apply cutting-edge development methodologies, which allow us to innovate and develop our products efficiently.

After completing his BSc in Computing and Business Management at Kingston University, Manon went on to work for Digital Window where he quickly rose through the ranks, helping form their QA team. A stint with myThings also saw Manon involved in collaborations with Digital Window to build an award-winning retargeting tool before eventually joining Skimlinks!

An avid sports fan, Manon religiously follows his favourite football and basketball teams; Manchester United and the Chicago Bulls. When he's not sulking about his team getting defeated on the weekend, he pursues his passion for composing music and being creative in any way he can.

As our Marketing Director, Aaron wears all kinds of marketing hats in order to tell the world about Skimlinks and it’s superior technology.

Aaron is based out of our San Francisco office, although he relishes the opportunity to dive into data and strategy discussions with the product team in London whenever he can. He is always down to talk philosophy, stemming back to his PPE major at UPenn.

Previously, Aaron spent time in both Sales and Product Marketing at Google, managing the Google homepage and Doodle program worldwide, and most recently branding and direct response efforts for Google Maps.

When not behind a computer, Aaron can either be found on the basketball court or at the espresso machine. He also pretends like he paints and plays the guitar on a regular basis, but we’ve yet to see him actually do it.

Meghan, our Marketing Coordinator, uses her experience in writing, publicity, and social media to tell the world how awesome and easy-to-use Skimlinks is.

Back in Ohio she worked on both sides of the press, as a writer and a publicist. Meghan graduated from Ohio University, with a BSc in Journalism and Marketing, and moved to San Francisco one year later, where she now enjoys soaking up gorgeous views of the Bay Bridge from our office.

A live music enthusiast, she loves to use her talents to promote her favorite musicians. In her previous role at Musical Earth, she worked with All Good & Rootwire Festivals, Dark Star Orchestra, Greensky Bluegrass, Papadosio and more. When she’s not behind the scenes she likes to review concerts for music blogs, travel, and spend time outdoors.

Mark is the Account Director at Skimlinks, responsible for account management: looking after all the lovely Skimlinks publishers and promoting our thousands of merchants in the best possible way. Mark is based out of our San Francisco office and manages partnerships for our most important North American partners.

Previously, Mark worked at another web startup, Swoopo, running innovative online auctions and prior to that, had fun living in Philadelphia performing brain scanning research. If you ever want to know what role the fusiform gyrus has in familiar face perception, just ask!

Among other things, Mark likes french music blogs, the two-foot high dinosaur that lives on his desk and pretending to train for triathlons. His favourite sandwich filling is Coronation Chicken.

Previously a Senior Account Manager, Hardip's role has evolved to Customer Systems Analyst, which uses her experience in account management to improve all of our customer touch points and optimize the customer experience.

Before joining Skimlinks, Hardip was finishing up her Computing BSc at Portsmouth University.

Hardip enjoys eating halloumi, ham sandwiches, sushi (in fact, all eating in general!), festivals, staying up all night, turning off the air-con and exploring London on her bike. Hardip wants to travel the world one day and has an awesome collection of hairy jackets.

John has taken a spot on the Skimlinks team as an Account Manager, helping to keep things running smoothly for our publishers.

London born and raised, John worked in the Middle East as a writer before starting a career in IT Support leading into his role at Skimlinks.

Johnny is an old man at heart, happiest in the middle of a good game of chess with a nice cup of tea. He enjoys philosophising over a good book or film and every now and again he hears the call of the wild and sets off on another adventure to see a new part of the world.

Jenny is a San Francisco native working in the London office and has shown her range of ability with Skimlinks, starting out managing Social Media before moving on to Business Development and now, she's focused on merchants as Merchant Manager.

A start-up junkie, Jenny previously worked for a health website in Boston while studying at Boston University and an independent natural pet food company in Los Angeles before leaping across the pond. She loves decorating her passport. If you ever want to know where to eat or what deal you can get, just ask Jenny. Her insatiable and curious appetite constantly guides her to new places and, if there's a discount to get, she is on it.

Geoff is part of the Business Development team at Skimlinks, spreading the wonderful word of what we do and helping to bring some great clients on board. Prior to Skimlinks, Geoff worked for an international IT recruitment firm in the Square Mile, learning the tricks of the trade, before starting his own recruitment agency, with two friends, in Mayfair.

With a degree in Sculpture under his belt, Geoff loves anything and everything creative, whether it's building a tasty sandwich or a giant ice sculpture, and he often likes to share with the team what's happening in the world of modern art!

Jamie joins us following an internship and is the youngest member of the Skimlinks team. Having previously worked as Sales and Project manager for a multinational ERP and web design firm, Jamie joins us as a Business Development Manager, helping to bring new and exciting clients to Skimlinks.

His hobbies include catching, acquiring and selling domain names, playing tennis and he was also a keen lacrosse player at university while gaining a Bsc in Economics.