Meet the team at WSI
The folks below are the ones who will be designing and building your site as well as delivering your marketing campaigns and driving your internet success.
We have a team with diverse experience unrivalled in the West Yorkshire region. If you think you have what it takes to join us why not visit our careers page?
Steve has been in e-commerce since 1996, following an early career in Publishing and Management Consultancy.
- Firstly as Managing Director of a number of leading online photo libraries. During this time he took direct responsibility for the website development and oversaw tremendous growth often in excess of 100% pa and was presented with the Queens Award for Export Achievement.
- Secondly as managing Director of the UK's leading independent online seller of digital cameras, when Stephen left to set up WSI in Yorkshire, the company had grown by 70% during the year and was turning over £20m outselling Amazon, e-trader and dabs, in fact outselling everyone except Dixons & Jessops.
Steve's passion is for meeting new clients and seeing a client's bottom line increase as a result a website or a search engine marketing campaign. "It is a joy to meet new people, learn about different industries and to develop online solutions for each client".
At home Steve is married to wife Fiona, together they have 5 children, and with any spare time remaining likes to run or cycle.
Lisa Chirgwin has worked in Customer Service and Sales Marketing for over 15 years. Before joining WSI she has worked for the last 6 years as a Customer Service and Sales manager for a variety of businesses and understands the importance of offering the best service possible to customers.
Outside of work Lisa enjoys the outdoors and will often be found on the weekends Rock Climbing at Stanage, and summers evenings climbing at the 'Cliff' in Holmfirth. Being an adrenaline junkie she loves fast cars and is currently learning to pass her Motorbike Licence.
Dan has been with us since 2006. He has a BA (Hons) in Multimedia Design and spends most of his working time putting together concept website designs and managing the development team and projects. He's passionate about great design and clean compliant code.
In his spare time he likes to golf and is currently learning to snowboard.
Chrisi's website design and development experience started at the University of New Mexico. She has a keen interest in the usability and customer experience of websites, particularly in e-commerce systems and testing. She is also developing further skills in Flash animation and programming to create rich media presentations for our sites. Chrisi has also studied 3D Art, Art History, Drawing & Painting.
Outside the office, much of her time is taken up caring for a menagerie of exotic animals - enough snakes and lizards to qualify as a small zoo. When she is not feeding, maintaining or being bitten by something with scales, she spends a great deal of time providing support and advice to other exotics keepers online.
Barnaby has more than 10 years experience in website development. Although initially developing websites as a hobby, his interest in the field increased at the same time he attained an LLB (Hons) degree in law. After graduating he decided to pursue his passion for website development rather than a career in law.
Outside the office he enjoys keeping fit and trains in the gym several times each week. He is also keen on poker and is a regular player in a national poker league. In August Barnaby reached the regional finals of the Redtooth Poker league.
Neil has recently graduated from The University of Huddersfield with a 2:1 (hons) degree in Interactive Multimedia. His key skills involve branding, concept designs and front end web building. From his four year course, he has picked up many skills, including Video and Post-Production to 3D design.
When not designing, Neil is a vivid follower of the "Mighty Reds" (Liverpool F.C.)
Chris has a keen interest in all aspects of Internet Marketing. This interest has grown since the development of his very first website in early 2000. Chris initially laid the foundations for his career in this area graduating from University with a First Class BSc (Hons) Degree in e-Commerce and Multimedia in 2006. His degree allowed him to develop further his web design and development skills while combining it with his passion for marketing. Since graduating Chris has worked for a number of large corporate Organisations both in the public and private sector. Gaining knowledge and experience in a variety of roles from Web Editor to e-Commerce Executive. Chris now brings together this wealth of experience in his role as Internet Marketing Consultant here at WSI.
Outside of work Chris enjoys an active and sociable lifestyle with a strong passion for mountain biking and all aspects of motorsport.
John, having joined WSI's online marketing team in 2009, has over 4 and a half years experience in SEO, PPC, content management, usability and design. Entering the industry more by accident than design he soon developed a keen interest in search engine optimisation and it's implications for website design, navigation, usability and content optimisation. Specialising in white hat SEO techniques his passion lies in online marketing solutions focused on the improvement of organic search engine traffic.
In his spare time John enjoys reading, football, drumming and cycling.




