RealWire Limited

Delivering Relevance, Releasing Influence

The Team

A little bit about the people behind RealWire...

Adam Parker

Chief Executive

Adam is responsible for the strategy and development of the business. Adam took on his executive role in early 2006, having been a Non-Executive director since the company began.

Adam is a Chartered Accountant and has previously spent over nine years with PricewaterhouseCoopers working in the Corporate Finance and Business Advisory service lines.

David Sheppard

Non-Executive Chairman

David works alongside Adam, setting the company’s strategic aims and reviewing and managing performance against the company’s objectives. He has over 30 years management, marketing and communications experience, mostly at board level.

Over the course of his career David has worked in a wide and diverse range of industries in the UK and US including, telecoms, gas, consumer, chemicals, banking, and aircraft engineering, winning a number of PRCA, BAIE and other awards for his work.

Justin Reid

Technology Manager

Justin has been working alongside RealWire since 2001 developing the website and web services for both senders and receivers of news. In his current role he still acts as the lead developer whilst building the web team and overseeing wider technological enhancements to the service and organisation.

@AdParker

AdParker: RT @AndrewGirdwood: Accenture buying digital marketing technology group Acquity for $316m http://t.co/U2giJzgYZn #Lumi" < wow! Significant.
Sun, 19 May 2013 13:58:55
@JustinReid

JustinReid: #Lincoln to get its own #Monopoly board game http://t.co/jtg1t2CQq5
Fri, 17 May 2013 15:23:59

Giles Shorthouse

Business Development Manager

Initially working for the operations team, Giles brings good insight to the account management team, helping clients get the most from the RealWire service. Giles is responsible for existing accounts, handling service enquiries and demonstrating the service.

Emily Aitchison

Client Services Manager

Emily originally began life at RealWire in the service delivery team, but quickly moved to account development position. Emily is now responsible for a number of clients, providing guidance and advice, and ensuring her clients get the very most from the RealWire service.

Zoe Dickinson

Media Services Manager

Zoe has worked with the service delivery team since joining RealWire back in 2006 after completing her degree in Marketing and Public Relations. She now holds the Media Services Manager position, and is responsible for the day-to-day running of the RealWire service team, ensuring releases are distributed on time and to the correct contacts, and also managing all media relations with editors.

@GilesS

GilesS: BBC News - Call centre menu options catalogued by frustrated man http://t.co/hwMzrWhiZb
Sun, 19 May 2013 11:14:38
@emilya

emilya: RT @GilesS: Check out "London 1927" on Vimeo http://t.co/kHju3mXXpi #Vimeo #london #history #1920 #early #film > lovely!
Fri, 10 May 2013 10:33:13
@mrszoedickinson

mrszoedickinson: BBC News - Lincoln to get its own Monopoly board game http://t.co/9X25cfw6rR
Thu, 16 May 2013 09:45:37

Samantha Sharp

Service Delivery Executive

Samantha joined RealWire in 2011 as part of our Operations team ensuring releases are distributed and monitored for efficiently. Samantha is a graduate in Marketing Communications and Advertising from Sheffield Hallam University. Originally born in Scotland and has lived in Wales, but considers Lincoln her home.

Thomas Gooding

Service Delivery Executive

Tom started with RealWire's operations team in 2012, where he ensures releases are distributed on time and monitored for efficiently, and helps to maintain and update PR Filter and Lissted on a day-to-day basis. Hailing from rural Suffolk, Tom graduated from Lincoln University in 2010.

Elizabeth Birrell

Service Delivery Executive

Elizabeth joined RealWire's operations team in 2012, where she works to ensure that releases are handled quickly and effectively, and monitors and reports their online coverage to clients. Originally from Manchester, she graduated from Oxford University in 2011.

@Samantha5harp

Samantha5harp: Can tell I am a RAF girl, I was disappointed not to see the Lancaster fly over Lincoln earlier. #Dambusters
Fri, 17 May 2013 17:35:53
@tom_gooding

tom_gooding: RT @candtcreative: Considering a spring-loaded false bottom to my mug, set on a timer, to ensure I drink all of my damn brew for a change. …
Fri, 17 May 2013 10:14:19
@EMMBirrell

EMMBirrell: "Emotional isolation is ranked as high a risk factor for mortality as smoking." (what, really!?) http://t.co/cLW2kBE842 (via @tnr)
Fri, 17 May 2013 16:29:32

Tom Snee

Service Delivery Executive

Tom joined RealWire in 2012, distributing and monitoring releases for clients as part of the Operations Team. Originally from Gainsborough, Tom is a Media and Journalism graduate of the University of Huddersfield, and currently lives in Nottingham.

Robyn Upton

Service Delivery Executive

Originally from Lincolnshire, Robyn moved away to complete her degree in Marketing at the University of Manchester. After graduating in 2012, she returned to Lincoln to join the Realwire team as a Service Delivery Executive, where she ensures releases are distributed on time and monitored for efficiently.

@TomSnee

TomSnee: Top @CaesarsFootball session for the receivers today; proper showtime stuff from @Paterson_85 and @JamieMolnar16. #DoIt
Sun, 19 May 2013 12:52:40
@RobynUpton1

RobynUpton1: favourite thing ever said in the office (or ever) @TomSnee "this song reminds me of the first time I tried sweetcorn"
Fri, 17 May 2013 17:33:21