Our Key People

Vin Sumner

Vin SumnerVin Sumner is the Founder and Managing Director of Clicks and Links. He has been an IT consultant for over 25 years. In 2000, Vin founded Clicks and Links as an IT company dedicated to connecting communities through ICT and to support the public sector with its Modernising Government agenda. He has worked on leading public sector projects including Green Shift, DEHEMS, ONE-Manchester, The Key and the Connected Neighbourhoods Forum.

 

Watch a video below of Vin Sumner speaking at the OECD conference on ICT's, The Environment and Climate Change Conference in 2009.

The Green Digital Charter in European Cities Presentation

Olli Aro

Olli AroOlli is the Technology and Product Development Manager at Clicks and Links. A leading and respected technologist in the area of J2EE, XML and open source software, and in particular OpenCms and Plone. Olli has been instrumental in all technology solutions implemented by Clicks and Links since July 2001. He runs Clicks and Links internal development team and maintains relationships and technical authority with Clicks and Links partner organisations.

Richard Bush

Richard BushRichard is a experienced Project and Customer Support Manager with a real passion for delivering the right results for our clients. His career spans over 30 years with the last 10 years in a Project and Risk Management environment. He has been instrumental in shaping and developing Clicks and Links into a highly respected consultancy and solutions provider and continues to provide outstanding levels of support for our clients. Richard is a Registered and experienced PRINCE 2 practitioner.

Graham Ebbrell

Graham EbbrellBringing a keen, creative eye to the company, Graham is responsible for the design at Clicks and Links. Creating designs and templates for websites to W3C accessibility guidelines, building virtual worlds in 3D environments such as Second Life and producing corporate identity material for Clicks and Links and it's clients are just three examples of the many creative roles Graham has taken on for the company. Graham carries with him over fifteen years professional design experience as well as a Ba(hons) Interactive Arts degree.

Karen Chow

Karen ChowKaren is a Developer at Clicks and Links. She graduated from the University of Manchester with a BSc (Hons) in Computer Science. Karen joined the company in 2007, having previously worked as a Software Technician and Product Design Executive. She has a keen interest in virtual worlds and their integration with Web 2.0 technologies, which has lead to the creation of our ground-breaking Spider Virtual DNA project.

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