The GroupSpaces Team

Andy Young

Co-Founder and CEO

Prior to founding GroupSpaces, Andy accumulated many years' experience in professional web development developing systems for real estate, e-commerce and content management. He has also consulted for publicly traded, private and public sector organisations.

Having received a scholarship in Computer Science at Oxford University, Andrew won a place on IBM's EMEA Best Student Recognition Event in Nice in 2007. As Vice-President and Executive Advisor he was extensively involved in the Oxford Entrepreneurs student society between 2006-09.

Follow Andy on Twitter: @andyy

David Langer

Co-Founder, Non-Exec Director

David has been President, Treasurer, Captain, Webmaster and a member of groups with activities ranging from triathlon to table tennis. Having gradually realised that there must be a better way to manage these groups, he cofounded GroupSpaces while studying for a Mathematics degree at Oxford University and was subsequently awarded 2nd place in the 2007 UK Graduate of the Year competition.

David has previously worked at JP Morgan, McKinsey & Company and Lehman Brothers, and has a strong background in finance, statistical analysis and sales. When not working on GroupSpaces or triathlon training, David blogs about entrepreneurship at www.davidlanger.co.uk and is also Entrepreneurship Columnist for national student newspaper The Gateway.

Follow David on Twitter: @langer

Dave "DMI" Ingram

Software Engineer

Before GroupSpaces, Dave studied MEng Computing at Imperial College London, which included a six-month internship at IBM Hursley. While studying at Imperial, he also found time to create a web hosting/consultancy company (Retiarius Ltd/SiteRage Hosting) with two fellow students. Among other projects, this company redesigned and rebuilt the website for the Imperial student newspaper from the ground up.

Since joining the GroupSpaces team, Dave (now known as "DMI" to avoid confusion) has been responsible for building many features and for looking after our servers. In the rare moments when he's not working, he can be found at tech meetups and dance classes in London, London Hackspace, or working on various open-source projects including Android applications.

Follow DMI on Twitter: @dmi

Gabor Vizi

Software Engineer

Gabor joined GroupSpaces in May 2010 and, having about 10 years experience in internet-based system design and development, he worked in various web development projects involved in complex system architecture design. His main focus is in back-end server functionality, system design and optimization, and in finding solutions for challenging technical problems. Prior to GroupSpaces he has worked both in Hungary and in the United Kingdom for small start-ups and worldwide major-scale companies, as well as in different businesses including: an internet service provider, a television company, an online entertainment media group and online advertisement companies. On the weekends and in his free time he likes to leave his computer alone, get around and explore London and surrounding places. He usually be found in bookshops, at swimming pools, or in concerts and gigs.

Follow Gabor on Twitter: @vgabor

György Gazics

Software Engineer

During his high school years, György wrote a successful web developer tool in Hungary. He studied Computer Program Design in ELTE University, Budapest, graduating in 2009. During the last 10 years he worked at various companies, and also on mostly web-related non-commercial projects. He joined GroupSpaces in May 2010.

Outside of work,  György likes to take care of his lawn.

 

John Martin

UI Designer

Before joining GroupSpaces in September 2010, John studied Interactive Multimedia at Staffordshire University where he graduated 1st class with honours in 2005. He then started work at Absolute Radio (formerly Virgin Radio) where he was a Designer / Developer. During his time at Absolute Radio he was one of the founding members of the "digital working group" One Golden Square Labs. He was the designer of Compare My Radio and was involved in many of the other projects that came out of OGSLabs.

Outside of work he is one of the founders of Gigulate (a music news aggregator), helps out with Music Hack Day (whenever he has time), builds upon Minifiq (his CSS and JavaScript minification product), plays computer games, listens to music and plays the popular collectible card game Magic The Gathering.

Follow John on twitter: @johnmartin

Adam Pancutt

Software Engineer

Adam joined GroupSpaces in January 2011 after leaving his Technical Team Leader role at IPC Media, where he spent nearly four years. Prior to that, Adam graduated from Loughborough University in 2006 with a Computer Science and E-Business degree then spent some time freelancing for several companies around the world.

Outside of work Adam will usually be found in the pub. He also enjoys cooking and travelling.

Follow Adam on Twitter: @AdamPancutt

Toby Vacher

Product Manager

Toby joined GroupSpaces in Janurary 2011 after graduating from Oxford University in 2010 with a degree in Experimental Psychology and an idea for his own company which he then set up: www.OxfordStudentGuide.com. He also designs websites and consults on social media when he finds the time.

Before that he had travelled around the world, climbed mountains in Russia, Ecuador and Switzerland, became qualified in SCUBA diving and Mountain Boarding, jumped out of 2 planes and off 3 bridges, and used to be a prince of a small carribean island called Redonda (look it up, it's not as impressive as it sounds). In his spare time he plays weird and unusual sports and computer games, mixes cocktails, dances badly and snacks too much.

Follow Toby on Twitter: @tobyvacher