Meet some of the people who make up the Onzo team. If you'd like to join us, see the right sidebar.

Ben Pirt CTO

Ben brings a wide range of technical knowledge from electronics to operating systems to programming and web development. Ben is responsible for all aspects of Onzo technology.

Duncan Lewis Head of Strategic Business Development

Duncan is a highly experienced researcher: able to find information and data, analyse it and present it as knowledge to help understand markets and the company’s potential within them.

Joel Hagan CEO

Joel is a business architect: has vision, is insightful, is entrepreneurial, knows what’s possible, doesn’t mind uncertainty, is decisive, hires the best people and makes it happen.


Robyn Garrett Financial Controller

Qualified as a chartered management accountant in 2005. Started at Onzo in October 2008 after a long history with a Large PLC and has never looked back. Have a spreadsheet for everything including house cleaning – Don’t ask!

Thomas Leech Product Designer

Tom is a practical problem solver and with a background in sculpture he is always keen to incorporate his artistic skills with his desire to help create sustainable and usable products.

Jeremy Stimson Product Design Manager

Jeremy works to embody design strategy into 3D products by pulling together user requirements, technology, aesthetics, brand ethos and sustainability into a coherent and profitable offering.


Jonathan Jones Product Design Manager

Jono takes a hands-on approach to managing the design process. Driven by user-centered and sustainable design methodologies to deliver innovative and engaging concepts to market.

Tom Williams Art Director

Tom is an award winning designer who has experience in web, brand, identity, user interface and interaction design. He makes sure the Onzo brand and design ethos is communicated as effectively as possible across all these areas.

Sam Weller Product Designer

Sam designs novel products that balance sustainability with uniqueness through a process of understanding user need, injecting an insightful mix of innovation and modesty.


Jay Canham Product Designer

Jay applies fresh thinking and a little light-heartedness to research driven and user-focused product design. Where there’s a will, there’s a way.

Neil Tierney R&D Director

Neil’s focus is user-centered innovation. A multi-award winning R&D leader and strategist. Responsible for overall R&D direction and integration between hardware, software and web.

Roisin Callaghan PA

Roisin is responsible for admin, team support and keeping the office running smoothly in the sometimes crazy world that is Onzo!


Adam Westbrooke Enterprise Architect

Adam specialises in designing IT systems that deliver complex business processes, turning raw data into useful information to bring new knowledge and insight to the consumer.

Victoria Spooner Marketing Manager

Victoria brings a wide range of marketing knowledge, enabling her to drive an increasing demand for Onzo through promoting a strong brand and developing compelling messages.

Roisin Monnington Product Designer

Roisin is interested in designing products which consider best practice for manufacture whilst maintaining the integrity of the well researched, user centred design, which sets Onzo apart from many others.


Matthew Higham Product Design Manager

With experience in two of London’s leading design consultancies, Matthew brings consumer product development understanding and a strong user centered emphasis to Onzo’s research and development team.

Jamie Hershon Solutions Delivery Director

Jamie’s passion is in helping organisations become more customer-driven. He brings equal measures of creativity and discipline to help utilities maximise the business opportunity of the Onzo offer.

Robert Clark Communications Manager

Robert makes complex messages clear and comprehensible, and understands how companies can benefit by responding to the public policy agenda.


Brian McGuigan Head of Product Service & Development

Brian is an award winning designer, specialising in translating complex user needs into intelligent, valued products. Manages specs, planning, in-house design team + technology partners.

Jessica Diniz Research & Development Analyst

Jessica delivers strategic analysis of user research and testing, enabling our team to gain a higher level of insight that fuels decision making on strategy, marketing, product/services design.

Ben Maxwell Web Development Manager

Ben places the user at the centre of Onzo's web development to create rewarding and relevant user experience that drives effective behaviour change and builds brands.


Richard Waters Head of Product Marketing

Richard has an engineering and management consultancy background. At Onzo, as well as leading the Marketing and Communications Team, he’s also helping shape the retail proposition for Onzo.

Neil Farish Global Business Development Director

Neil is also a designer, so he can communicate between R&D and our customers. Responsible for managing relationships and sales globally to meet the increasing demand for Onzo.

Rory Wilkinson Head of Technical Operations

Rory has responsibility for the development and delivery of Onzo’s products. He builds strong relationships with the best partners and suppliers and breaks down problems to understand the real issues and costs to find the optimum solution for both parties.


Abraham Myer Commercial Director

Abraham is constantly looking for the right commercial balance for Onzo’s clients, suppliers and investors. He thinks about the words and numbers that define Onzo’s business relationships.

Steven Kelly Electronics Engineer

Steven combines electronics theory with hands on practicality to provide Onzo with an innovative hardware platform that is both functional and reliable.

Cat Shetelig Brand Manager

Cat cares passionately about Onzo's brand, making sure that we live the values we say we espouse.


Nick Lonie Business Development Director, ANZ

With a background in product design, Nick manages Onzo’s ever increasing business relationships in Australia and New Zealand from his base in Perth.

Ken Boak Senior Electronics Engineer

Ken has over 20 years of experience of electronic product design and high volume consumer electronics. With time served in electronic factories in the far East, Ken enjoys innovating in low power and low cost design.

Ryder Meggitt Head of Industrial & Service Design.

A multi-award winning designer &, lifecycle thinker; Ryder leads teams to innovate products that deliver exceptional user experiences.


Mark Lawler Technical Support Officer

Mark brings a wide range of technical knowledge to provide support and maintenance for all areas of Onzo technology.

Jose Sanchez-Loureda Customer Intelligence Analyst

Jose enjoys the challenges of transforming creative ideas into groundbreaking and empowering technological applications through mathematical analysis.


Work for Onzo

Onzo is growing rapidly and gathering a team of people who excel in their fields – they know what is best for Onzo and why. We are looking for new people who share our values and ambition to join the team. Specific roles that we are actively recruiting for are listed at the end, but if you have knowledge, skills and experience in any of the following areas, you may want to get in touch.

Technology development. We want to enhance our capability in this area. Backgrounds in wireless comms (ZigBee, Mesh Networks), embedded software development, hand held consumer electronics circuit design (digital and analogue) and CE Marking essential. Experience of development according to Quality Systems would also be an advantage.

Interaction design. We are looking for an impressive individual with a web or HCI interaction design background to complement our product and web design capability.

Graphic design. We’re looking for a graduate, or someone who is looking for a change and to make an impact within an exciting team, to work directly under our Art Director.

Web development. We want to be able to build on the work that Torchbox is doing for us and need someone to continue to refine and improve the development.

Product launch. You might have been responsible for a successful consumer product launch, be an outstanding project manager, or be a high performing management consultant looking for a different challenge.

Research and analysis. A background in one or more of the following areas might be an advantage: behavior change, domestic energy use, social marketing, competitor and business intelligence. Or you might be an outstanding generalist.

Specific roles

Web Systems Developer

Electronics Engineer

Web Systems Administrator/ Support

Web Assistant (content and visuals, including CSS)