Meet the Management Team

Steve Rivers – Managing Director

Steve has worked for various companies in the Media Industry for the last 11years. His passion for all things interactive and mobile was developed when he was publisher of M-commerce World and Internet World magazines. Since then he has worked for a leading direct marketing specialist, an online agency and more recently Europe’s biggest full service mobile marketing agency on key brands. During his career, Steve has worked on long term projects with companies such as Microsoft, BT, M&S and Tiscali. Steve was recently a guest speaker at an industry event on the continent evangelising the benefits of the mobile channel.

Ben Hobson – Creative Director

Ben’s driving force is the world around him. His services have been called on all over the globe, consulting for a broad spectrum of companies, from ‘The Dubai World Cup’ to the ‘ITproPortal.com’. From studying the traditional analogue arts he moved into multimedia with a fresh mind and is constantly challenging existing concepts and business practices. The term we use is ‘odd’, but thinking outside the box allows Ben to shift paradigms; opening doors to push co-workers through, driving new and innovative development.

Chelone Wolf – Commercial Director

Chelone has dedicated his life to street level marketing, from organising and performing at huge events across the south of England and Germany. With a strong aptitude for multimedia, he has succeded in creating and launching brands that bridge the gap between social events and the unsocial internet. Combining his 6 year structured corporate background with his real life expertise Chelone brings a strong creative flair to Guevera and our clients.

James Rayner – Technical Director

James has designed and implemented enterprise software systems for Alcatel, 3, Sky Television, Hewlett Packard and General Motors. With his background in the teleco industry and strong understanding of the Java/J2EE platform, he is well-placed to deliver usable, adaptable and robust solutions for Guevera's customers.

Gwri Penner – Technical Architect

Gwri has worked with mobile and broadband access technologies for the last 7 years. He was involved right from the start in emerging wireless technologies, developing numerous services such as WapWales (1st mobile portal for Welsh SME’s), the 1st consumer application for backing up mobile phones i.e. PIM using SMS, WAP and SyncML. (www.simguard.com), and developed and consulted on the Business in Motion (www.bimtech.com) project.

More recently Gwri developed and implemented a test environment for delivering 3GP video, AMR audio etc. i.e. multimedia content to mobile. He has also been working on Voice XML application development as proof of concept for WDA, WIS and other parties interested in developing interactive dynamic voice applications for businesses in South Wales.
His latest work has been on VOIP, NGN (Next Generation Network), and Numbering Pool Management, Number Portability and billing for voice, data and video, working for Bulldog Communications managing an OSS/BSS integration project. He has extensive real life experience of developing .NET applications for GPRS and ADSL.
Gwri brings an amazing array of architectural technical knowledge to the Guevera Interactive team.

Peter Wolf – Tech Support Manager

Peter is a Network Support and Telecoms expert, with experience gained over the last five years working in large corporate and public sector IT environments.
With in depth knowledge of Desktop & Windows customer technical support and network implementation, Peter excels in solving complex IT problems.