LSX Team Block

Ashley founded LightSpeed in 2003. The company changed from computer and network support to a website development company in 2007. His passion for the open source community lead him to get involved in organising WordCamp and WordPress Meetup events. As an avid traveller, Ashley has attended WordCamps on 3 continents.
As founder and CEO of the company his time is split between generating or nurturing leads around the world, client consultation and managing his global team of WordPress professionals.
Outside of work, sport and physical exercise play a major role in his life. At 14 he started serious mountain biking and during his teens he earned provincial colours 3 times and won the provincial championships once in 1998. Later in his life he has discovered the wonders of long distance running.

Barbs looks after the financial aspects of our business, account management, office administration, our fabulous team and the resident 6 felines. She has 17 years experience in the software development industry, with roles ranging from support and account management through to website development project management.
Outside of the online world, she enjoys reading Stephen King, doing arty stuff, hiking on Cape Town’s amazing trails, very short jogs and gardening.

Iggi has been “WordPressing” it since the beginning of 2011 and has become an expert at conceptualising technical WooCommerce solutions. Iggi juggles his time consulting and developing technical specifications for all our WooCommerce projects, managing our developers , handling support requests and ensuring an agile and efficient workflow in our team.
In his off time he likes making music on his computer, he also never misses a game of Rugby.

Chris is a computer nerd by heart and his main interests lie within the networking, Internet and administration areas of Information Technology (IT). His education comprises of Electronics, Computer Systems Engineering and Logic Controllers programming (PLCs) studied at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Clinical and Biomedical Engineering through UNISA and currently he’s investing time in completing various Linux Administration courses.

Warwick is the lead developer at LightSpeed and takes care of any back end work where he works mostly with HTML, CSS, PHP, Javascript and SQL. He joined LightSpeed in 2006 and since then has worked his way up to a senior position in which he takes on responsibilities such as project planning, mentoring junior teammates and peer code review.
Warwick sees himself as something of an outdoors person, enjoying the occasional hike but mostly spending time out in the garden. He has a deep love of technology and DIY, and works on a couple of projects in his spare time. For him, a good beer and great company is always welcome.

From a young age Jacques has always been intrigued by computers, which would later result in learning to code and pursuing a career in this industry. With 6 years of Web Development and Graphic Design behind his back, he is an enthusiastic developer who constantly pushes himself to improve on workflow, coding and design.
Outside of work Jacques competes in the Esports scene with his team, attending various events throughout the year.