Meet the team

Carl Shaw - Managing Director
Carl has over 20 years experience in the design industry, after 10 years of print and branding he made the move to specialise in the web in 2000.

Carl lives in Herefordshire with his wife and three kids, he has recently taken up Ju-Jitsu and is determined to work his way up the belts!

Listening to
The Beat, Coldplay, Stereophonics, Abba

Browsing
Jobsite

Rob Allen - Technical Director
A highly experienced developer, Rob is well known and respected in the PHP community. He is the lead author of Zend Framework in Action and he is regularly invited to speak at conferences.

Outside of the office (and inside) Rob is a keen photographer; he lives in Worcester with his wife and two sons.

Listening to
3o seconds from Mars, Queen, Avril Lavigne, All American Rejects

Rob Griffiths - PHP Developer
Rob specialises in the 'behind the scenes' programming for Big Room Internet. His knowledge of PHP, JavaScript and content management make him highly versatile in development and troubleshooting.

Rob has recently got married in South Africa and bought a house, he is very good at baking cakes and regularly treats the Big Room team.

Listening to
Damien Rice, Enter Shikari, The Fray, Mumford & Sons

James Clarke - Front End Developer
James' specialist area is front end development. His main focus is on HTML and CSS and managing to make sites look exactly like visuals across all web browsers.

James is married and lives in Redditch. He is a bad guitar player and a slave to his wife and rabbits.

Listening to
Radiohead, Led Zeppelin, My Morning Jacket, Bon Iver

Andy has an enthusiasm for modernism and lives in Worcester with a fish and a 1966 Volkswagen Beetle.

Listening to
Beirut, Ralfe Band, Quantic and his Combo Barbaro, The Cinematic Orchestra