Key Profiles
Darren Kayes - Managing Director
Darren Kayes joined Linear Blue in October 2005 as Managing Director. His experience from forming his own successful small business in the IT sector, coupled with his expertise in Internet Technologies and systems integration made him the ideal candidate to drive Linear Blue’s business forward.
In 1997, with a background in IT and local government, Darren moved to the private sector to set up a new business that offered Internet services (ISP). This quickly became a success attracting the interest of a large American organisation, finally culminating in the purchase of the company, where he continued to run the support division. In 2001, he moved to set up and run another successful business that provided a variety of services from system analysis, LAN and WAN network design and implementation, through to complete support services, working for and alongside many major institutions.
Paul de Hallé - Development Director
Paul de Hallé is the founder and Development Director of Linear Blue, having set up the company in April 2000 to focus on intuitive database solutions and web integration. Paul has a formal education in relational database design and has been a guest speaker at the FileMaker Developer Conference in the USA.
As a Platinum Member of the FileMaker Business Alliance, he is not only a FileMaker Certified developer in 7,8,9,10 and 11; but has also been a key player in the implementation of the FileMaker Certification program since its inception with FileMaker 7. Paul has been working commercially with FileMaker, SQL and various other database technologies since 1987, and is a regular guest speaker at FileMaker Business Alliance and TechNet meetings in the UK, along with being a contributor to Advisor magazine, the leading industry Database publication.
Ian Jempson - Development Manager
Ian joined Linear Blue in January 2010 as the Development Manager. Prior to joining Linear Blue Ian kept himself busy by implementing mission critical business solutions for a range of clients in industries that include investment banking, recruiting, events management, advertising and education.
With over 15 years of experience he has developed both award winning bespoke systems and software products that are in daily use by tens of thousands of people. Ian is an internationally recognised authority on FileMaker development who is frequently invited to speak on the topic and is Certified on FileMaker 8, 9, 10 and 11. With extensive experience working with other development environments, Ian has been a leader in expanding the boundaries of what is possible with FileMaker.