Welcome to IceStar Media

Our Team

Seran Bond: Creative Director

Seran graduated from City University, London, with a BSc. (Hons) degree in Management and Systems in 1996, specialising in Marketing Communications and Strategy and European Business Culture. Seran first formed IceStar Media in 2002 and in 2005 the business became a limited company that currently serves over 40 clients from a diverse range of industry sectors. She is responsible for the creative design of all client websites/portals and software interface design for the Osiris4Business suite of products. Over the past 14 years she has worked very closely with a wide range of organisations, ranging from business start-ups and SME's to global organisations. Seran has a wealth of experience in the areas of creative design, on-line branding, eMarketing technologies and direct marketing. Seran has also helped many start-up companies over the years by offering honest business advice and support.

Mark Bond: Technical Director

With over 15 years experience in the IT Industry Mark has successfully developed, delivered and supported a portfolio of technology solutions and applications, including the management of IT help desk systems for The Open University. Mark graduated from Essex University with a BSc. (Hons) degree in Computer Science in 1995 and has since attained professional qualifications in Solaris administration and Crystal Reports. Mark was responsible for the development, delivery and project management of all Osiris4Business software applications, the assessment of new technologies and the management of our technical systems.

David Pitcher: Software Developer

David lives and breathes software development and has been programming since he was 8 years old. He graduated with a first class degree in Computing and Mathematics specialising in proof and formal specification in Z and was employed at IBM at its Hursley Park development laboratory until 2004 where he worked on MQSeries, CICS, TXSeries, Component Broker, WebSphere Application Server and has experience in large scale software integration on a variety of platforms including Windows, AIX, Solaris, HP-UX right through to Z/OS. Whilst his background is in transaction processing, middleware and distributed systems his main responsibility since forming Happy Biscuit Ltd. in 2004 has been the development of Osiris CMS, bespoke application development, eCommerce, stock control systems and systems security. David's responsibilities are the architecture and development of our entire software range.

Ashley Whitear: Web & Multimedia Developer

Ashley Whitear is a multi-talented, highly imaginative and independent web developer. He has developed a number of projects using development tools ranging from PHP to ASPX and .NET, including XHTML, DHTML, CSS, JavaScript, Jscript and Python. Not only can he write the code that drives the underlying mechanics of a software application, be it a website or a LAN application, but he has also been involved in designing systems using Flash animations and working extensively with Photoshop. He is truly an all round developer who prides himself on conforming to the highest industry standards.