Madgex

Who are you, what do you do and why do you do it?

Madgex delivers the web for Publishers. We design, develop and host B2B magazine websites and commercial job boards for the publishing sector. We focus on design and usability to ensure optimal user experiences and concentrate on online revenue generation for our clients. Our customers include Reed Business Information, EMAP Communications and Timesonline.

Did you really want to become a founder member or were Nick's skills of persuasion too hard to resist?

Yes, from the outset we were keen to be involved with Wired Sussex, it's at the heart of the region's new media and creative companies.

What's going to happen to Wired Sussex in the next five years?

We are sure that Wired Sussex will continue to grow and gain more national recognition. The trend for London creative workers to move south will only help!

What was your most unpleasant job (factory work included) and how did it help you to get where you are today?

Working for a garden centre during the British Winter - made me sure I wanted to be sat behind a desk whenever possible!

Everyone's got a book in them, what's yours?

I'd like to have the talent and intellect to write something like Stephen Hawkings 'A brief history of time'.

If you could pinch anyone's genius idea (myspace, youtube, the wheel) and claim it as your own, what would it be?

Definitely Google. The way the company has evolved over less than 10 years is astounding, plus the owners are worth a few bob too!

When you're not being a big cheese and making important decisions, what do you do for fun?

Run marathons. I have completed 5, London three times and New York twice.