Who we are

Project WIP was designed and built by Shropshire Council ICT Development Services. It is maintained by a group of people who work on Shropshire.gov.uk in varying roles, from support staff to developers to managers. Over time we will invite people from other parts of the council to contribute.

Our aim is to keep things informal and personal, and to give our contributors freedom to express their opinions and views. It should be noted that these views do not represent the views of the council as a whole.

Authors

Andy Burns

Andy is a developer who works for the GIS team, specialising in maps and geographical information systems

Chris Ellis

Chris worked for Shropshire Council from 2008 until 2011, he left to pursue a career in PostgreSQL development in the private sector. He returns occasionally to say hi and always brings cakes

Chris Jones

Chris has been working in various flavours of IT for local government for over 10 years, and currently leads the ICT Architecture and Integration team which specialise in developing System Integration products, system architecture and CRMs.

Dale Shepherd

After a (large) number of years working in various IT jobs in the public and private sector, Dale is now a developer for the Web Services team. He helps to build solutions for a range of projects whilst drinking plenty of coffee, although he does switch to decaf in the afternoon. Outside of work he spends quality time with his family, and his spare time with his PS3.

Lewis Moorcroft

Lewis joined the web team in April 2009, when the unitary council formed. He specialises in both front and back-end development. Away from work he can be found elsewhere on the internet, creating digital landscape artwork.

Lorna Perry

Lorna oversees all of Shropshire Council's web content and 300 strong editing team. She uses her 9 years of customer service experience to make our website work better for our customers.

Louise Tierney

Louise is honing her skills as a UX designer in the Web Services team. She has a love for beautiful designs and enjoys re-engineering the way people use websites. When not at work Louise can be found working on her own websites, exercising at circuit classes or volunteering with birds of prey.

Martin Wright

Martin joined Shropshire Council in 2007 as a web developer and ran the web team from 2009 until 2012. Since 2012 he left the Council to explore pastures further afield. A designer, front-end developer and self-described typography nerd.

Sophie Ewan-Roberts

Sophie has been working for the council in Shropshire for quite a few years. She started out in the library service and is currently working for the web team. When not glued to a computer screen she can usually be found glued to her kindle.