Steve Jack

Webuseful was set up by Steve Jack, to capitalise on his extensive experience in IT, the web, and e-commerce. Steve achieved a first class degree in Computing in 1985, and has worked in the industry ever since. He has experience as developer, providing support, and as a manager.

Prior to starting Webuseful Steve was Head of IT for online share trading company IWeb Share Dealing. Steve worked on the project from its inception. In the 3 years after going live in 2001 the company gained 30,000 clients and reached £3 million in trades per day.

Before that, Steve held various management roles in the City branch of an Italian bank. His responsibilities included the dealing room IT services, and the business continuity provision. He was involved in the Euro conversion project and the Year 2000 project.

Steve is a member of the British Computer Society, the industry body for IT professionals. As such, he is bound by the Society’s Codes of Conduct and Practice

The name Webuseful comes from Steve’s favourite saying to his IT colleagues : “Being useful is more important than being clever”