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Meet The Team
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There are lots of different characters making up the Stage Systems teams. Take a look at the faces below and see who you recognise.
Paul Donovan
Name:Paul Donovan.
Position:Managing Director.
Likes:Laughter, good humor, honesty & integrity... and my job.
Dislikes:Negativity, time wasting.
Main Job Roles:Leadership, motivation and support for staff.
Angela Allen
Name:Angela Allen.
Position:IT Coordinator.
Likes:Reading, animals, music, Zumba, movies, shopping, comedy.
Dislikes:Bad service, olives, junk mail, stress.
Main Job Roles:To support all things techie, hardware, software and communications within the company.
Rosamund Thorpe
Name:Rosamund Thorpe.
Position:Financial Controller.
Likes:Bruce Springsteen, maps, my Audi TT and singing in a choir.
Dislikes:Rollercoasters, lifts and oysters.
Main Job Roles:Managing the Accounts Department, producing the monthly management accounts, the annual budget and year end accounts.
Kate Baylis
Name:Kate Baylis.
Position:Accounts Assistant.
Likes:Cakes, chocolate, snow and sunshine.
Dislikes:Queuing and bad manners.
Main Job Roles:Processing sales orders.
Suzanne Ballard
Name:Suzanne Ballard.
Position:Management Accountant.
Likes:Eating out, spinning classes and watching Leicester City FC.
Dislikes:Shopping when its busy, the cold and people who don't say please and thank you.
Main Job Roles:Dealing with all stock issues and debtors administration.
Paula Colton
Name:Paula Colton.
Position:Accounts Assistant.
Likes:Mojito cocktails & dark chocolate.
Dislikes:Bad manners, litter & nosey people.
Main Job Roles:Purchase ledger, credit control & cash book.
Elaine Goode
Name:Elaine Goode.
Position:Personnel Manager.
Likes:Holidays, gin & tonic, Zumba and walking the dogs.
Dislikes:Spiders and cruelty to animals.
Main Job Roles:Dealing will all aspects of personnel (holiday/sickness records, recruitment, contracts and training), booking travel and accommodation, part of the Health & Safety team and help Administration when required.
Dilys Greasley
Name:Dilys Greasley.
Position:Administrator.
Likes:Friends, holidays, changing seasons, sunsets, my dog, good food and wine.
Dislikes:Bullying, patronising and ignorant people.
Main Job Roles:Administration support to the sales team - processing enquiries, typing quotations/letters/order confirmations and covering reception duties.
Rosemary Pugh
Name:Rosemary Pugh.
Position:Receptionist and Sales Administration Support.
Likes:Good food, cinema/theatre, Greys Anatomy, reading and crosswords.
Dislikes:Thoughtless people, olives, air travel and animal cruelty.
Main Job Roles:Incoming calls/mail, welcoming visitors, sales team support including typing quotations and letters.
Damian Mawdsley
Name:Damian Mawdsley.
Position:Sales Manager.
Likes:Finding a bargain, football and all things social network!
Dislikes:Slow moving traffic, laziness and poor service.
Main Job Roles:Looking after my team. Making sure we continue to deliver excellent service to all customers. Finding new opportunities in existing and new markets for the business.
Follow on twitter:@StageDamian.
Gary Cross
Name:Gary Cross.
Position:Sales Advisor.
Likes:Walking, reading, films, food and drink.
Dislikes:Small spaces and printing paper.
Main Job Roles:Offering best advice for event space, preparing quotations, ensuring customer satisfaction.
Region:London, South England & Channel Islands.
Follow on twitter:@stagegary
Niki Brown
Name:Niki Brown.
Position:Product Demonstrator.
Likes:Food.
Dislikes:Rudeness and inefficiency.
Main Job Roles:Visits customers throughout the UK, demonstrating equipment and advising on use of space, on site.
Jonathan Springthorpe
Name:Jonathan Springthorpe.
Position:Sales Advisor.
Likes:Martial arts, football and playing guitar.
Dislikes:Disorganisation and tomatoes.
Main Job Roles:Customer care, interpreting customer requirements, offering consultation on the best solution.
Region:The North of England.
Follow on twitter:@stagejon
Bridget Kaur
Name:Bridget Kaur.
Position:Sales Advisor.
Likes:Shopping, spending time with my family, traveling, learning about new cultures and gossip magazines.
Dislikes:Bad service, poor time keeping and the cost of fuel.
Main Job Roles:Advising customers, providing quotes maintaining good relationships.
Region:Scotland and Ireland.
Follow on twitter:@stagebridget
Pete Street
Name:Pete Street.
Position:Sales Advisor.
Likes:Nice food, music and films.
Dislikes:Cold weather and bad drivers.
Main Job Roles:Formulating solutions to new enquiries, advising customers with products on potential funding sources, customer care.
Region:The Midlands.
Follow on twitter:@stagepete
Lorna Burnip
Name:Lorna Burnip.
Position:Sales Advisor.
Likes:Holidays, shopping, eating and drinking out.
Dislikes:Seafood.
Main Job Roles:providing great customer care, developing opportunities, providing quotations and proposals.
Region:Wales and South West.
Teresa Frearson
Name:Teresa Frearson.
Position:Business Development Manager.
Likes:Cooking, entertaining, walking, swimming and travel.
Dislikes:Creepy crawlies.
Main Job Roles:Developing relationships with Contractors, LEA's, Architects, Resellers and M&E's, covering the UK and Ireland.
Karen Jones
Name:Karen Jones.
Position:Business Development Co-ordinator.
Likes:Weekends, heavy metal and football (Chelsea & Cardiff).
Dislikes:Shopping, the dark and spiders.
Main Job Roles:Negotiating with contractors, chasing tenders and co-ordinating new business development contracts.
Nicola Pink
Name:Nicola Pink.
Position:Business Development Manager.
Likes:Good food, good wine and walking the dog.
Dislikes:Celery and scuba diving in cold water.
Main Job Roles:Developing business relationships with our sister companies to ensure smooth and co-ordinated services and delivery across the group.
Kirstin Godson
Name:Kirstin Godson.
Position:Business Development Manager (Specification Sales).
Likes:Holidays, sunshine and Zumba.
Dislikes:Rudeness and traffic jams.
Main Job Roles:Providing a high level of service, offering a wealth of experience.
Region:South East England.
Sector:Commercial, Higher and Further Education and developing relationships with
architects working in these sectors.
Elaine Smith
Name:Elaine Smith.
Position:Total Drama Solutions Project Manager/ Team Leader.
Likes:Motorbikes, reading and Cornwall.
Dislikes:Teenage girls (I have 2 of them) brussel sprouts and withheld phone numbers.
Main Job Roles:Health and Safety internally and on site, running of Total Drama Solutions team, project management of specific projects.
Ru Baker
Name:Ru Baker.
Position:Project Manager.
Likes:Dog agility, Leicester City FC and Leicester Tigers.
Dislikes:Spicy food and big hairy spiders.
Main Job Roles:Project management of Installations, specifications & site visits.
Matt Lynham
Name:Matt Lynham.
Position:Technical Sales/Estimator.
Likes:Motorsport.
Dislikes:Football, bananas and cotton wool.
Main Job Roles:Specifying installations and preparing quotes, tenders and proposals for clients.
Lynn Bellamy
Name:Lynn Bellamy.
Position:Total Drama Solutions Co-ordinator.
Likes:Food and drink, flowers, Wales, sunshine, walking, cats, sparkles and the colour pink.
Dislikes:Wind and rain, thunder and lightning, spiders and bad drivers.
Main Job Roles:Working closely with our Project Managers and Technical Estimator, I keep track of all enquiries, type quotations, organise labour, order equipment and generally keep the department running smoothly.
Gerard O'Brien
Name:Gerard O'Brien.
Position:Project Manager.
Likes:Sport, travel, walking, gardening, food and drink... the black stuff - Murphy's... because i'm not bitter! (you need to have seen the TV ads!).
Dislikes:Traffic jams and vagueness.
Main Job Roles:Attention to detail, clear communication and the result.
Conner Stevenson
Name:Conner Stevenson.
Position:Total Drama Solutions Apprentice.
Likes:Leicester City Football Club, keeping fit and food.
Dislikes:Cold weather.
Main Job Roles:CAD drawings for Total Drama Solutions, layouts for quotes and technical layouts for contractors.
Rob Hughes
Name:Rob Hughes.
Position:Design Manager.
Likes:Honesty and reward, cold sunny mornings.
Dislikes:Hot food gone cold, lack of commitment and disorganisation.
Main Job Roles:Design, detailing and quoting of specialist staging and tiering projects. Leading and co-ordinating the department that has ownership of all products in terms of design and quality as well as product design and development for new and existing products.
Craig Thomas
Name:Craig Thomas.
Position:Designer.
Likes:Lists, hoovering and pointy shoes.
Dislikes:Lateness, slamming doors and wind.
Main Job Roles:Providing support to the sales team to help obtain orders in terms of drawings, costing and technical assistance. To assist in the development of new and existing products.
Steve Wheatley
Name:Steve Wheatley.
Position:Warehouse Manager.
Likes:Motorbikes, walking and outdoor pursuits.
Dislikes:Bad food.
Main Job Roles:Managing stock flow and ensuring goods are delivered on time by liaising with the customers to meet their needs.
Danny Stowell
Name:Danny Stowell.
Position:Driver HGV / Warehouse.
Likes:Horse riding, reading and alcohol.
Dislikes:The EU, fox-hunting and snobs.
Main Job Roles:Co-ordinating and dispatch of goods.
Tony Lovett
Name:Tony Lovett.
Position:Driver / Warehouse Operative.
Likes:Leicester City FC, rock music and spending time with my family.
Dislikes:Arrogance and rice pudding.
Main Job Roles:Working within the warehouse, picking orders, loading vehicles and delivering orders to customers.
Helen Keast
Name:Helen Keast.
Position:Marketing Co-ordinator.
Likes:Cheese, wine, sunshine and holidays.
Dislikes:Rainy days, eggs and arrogance.
Main Job Roles:Developing and keeping up to date the company website, SEO and online advertising, promoting products, events and special offers, creating company literature and providing marketing support to sales and business development teams.
Nancy Honnor
Name:Nancy Honnor.
Position:PR Co-ordinator.
Likes:The seaside, autumn and wine.
Dislikes:Phlegm, impressionists and double negatives.
Main Job Roles:Developing the company website, copywriting, creating PR and news stories, promoting products and creating product literature.
(These famous people don’t actually work at Stage Systems, but we think that there is a slight resemblance to those that do!)
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