Meet the team!

We believe that the world of IT is often used to exploit smaller businesses, by providing a minimum service and taking advantage of those without the time or resource to go it alone.

In the long term, we believe that this is not in the interests of either the client, or the company providing the service.

It is our goal to deliver to our clients the solutions that they need, to a standard fitting to our background in large scale IT consultancy.

Below are some of the key members of staff who will be on hand to help your business create real savings and become more competitive through the use of the right technology.

	Phil Haigh Director Before founding Mercury1 in 2005, Phil was a Lead Architect responsible for designing (architecting) IT system for Ericsson. He has nearly 10 years experience in working with multi-national corporations directly and as a consultant. Phil has a degree in Physics & Space Science (so Nat likes to call him a rocket scientist), represented England at chess as a junior, and has an IQ of over 160. Despite this, he's actually got a sense of humour and contrary to stereotype, does venture away from the computer screen now and then to do some sport or other. Little known fact: Phil's shortest employment was 3 hours and 13 minutes in Telesales of timeshares in America. He was (rather understandably) fired for telling the truth when people asked. When not working: Phil can be found running, pushing his grade on the rocks, reading, travelling or sleeping.
	Natalie Wilson Director Previously having worked for Procter and Gamble both in the UK and Germany she created over a million dollars in savings through her innovation and project management and loves using these skills to bring real benefits to the owners of small and medium businesses. Nat has a degree in Management and Information Systems, consulted in Switzerland and has been a tutor in Systems Development courses. Little known fact: Natalie still insists she is scared of heights despite regularly climbing 35m+ vertical pitches. When not working: Nat likes to dance and sing, rock climb, travel to exciting new places and do occasional voluntary work.
	Tara Wilson Technology Solutions Consultant Tara is the newest addition to the team, and as such makes everyone else feel old (or experienced, depending on who you ask). She has a degree in Maths from the University of Kent, a high IQ and is as sharp as a tack. Since we poached Tara as a graduate before any other companies got hold of her, her experience is 100% in the IT services sector. She has a strong analytical mind, and a knack of solving technical issues. Little known fact: Tara actually means 'Craggy Hill'. Which is a bit like Craggy Island, only taller. Tara has never been to Craggy Island. When not working: Tara is currently training for a Triathlon, loves listening to rock, going to gigs and trying new sports.