The Presenters

WSI

WSI Thames Valley are part of the 1500 strong network of internet marketing consultancies covering almost 90 countries around the world.  WSI resources include design workshops, programming production centres, custom development skills, marketing and planning specialists – all of which support every WSI office. WSI is a world leader in Internet marketing, Web development and Web design.

Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, WSI has been developing profitable Internet Solutions for small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) since the mid 1990s. WSI is committed to improving the profitability of its customers through the use of leading-edge Internet technologies, delivered by knowledgeable and service-oriented Internet Consultants.

As more businesses join the struggle to harness the Internet’s potential for business growth and success, WSI is ready to effectively serve their needs with affordable Internet Marketing and innovative website solutions.

Jim Hetzel - WSI

Serving South Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, and the Bracknell Forest areas, Jim Hetzel brings over 30 years of business experience in sales, marketing, and general management.  His focus is always on making sure his clients' websites are performing for them from a business perspective rather than simply building a site. 

Having started his working life in a technical function in a business-to-business environment, bringing together resources from various places to manage complex projects is familiar ground.  Keeping the customer’s goal in the forefront and maintaining open communications is second nature

Andrew Merrifield - WSI

Prior to joining WSI Andrew worked for 30 years in various large & small Company Managerial positions in the Automotive Industry mainly in business development and marketing. These included Aston Martin, Mercedes-Benz, GE Capital and RL Polk. Andrew was responsible for promoting the launch a number of successful products, relying on his project management skills, process re-engineering, attention to detail and creativity.

Currently Andrew focuses his attention on making websites work for small businesses. Andrew is Certified in Internet Consultancy by WSI and Advanced Search Engine Marketing by SEO Workshops. He uses all these experiences to quickly identify what needs to be done to market successfully on the Internet.

Graeme Rhodes - WSI

Graeme Rhodes runs the WSI Consultancy in Reading and believes that the internet is more than a marketing medium; it is an incremental channel to market. His experience in creating revenues from wise investments in internet marketing is demonstrated by the breadth of clients serviced by his team, which spans direct sales businesses in the commercial and consumer market to pure eCommerce operations with annual turnovers from £100K to over £100M.

Prior to starting his own business, Graeme held senior marketing and project management positions for O2, BT, Group4 Securicor, Unipart and Thorn in the UK and mainland Europe.

Tony Thornby - WSI

Tony has 25 years of previous senior operational management experience, to Director level, in blue chip telecoms / IT companies:
- Taking two units to ISO9000 registration

- Achieving industry leading customer satisfaction

- Holding P&L responsibility for service budgets of £20M p.a.

- Leading up to 250 people with an EMEA wide geographic spread

He holds a BSc (Eng) Hons from Imperial College, London and a Masters degree in scientific management from Brunel University.  He has been a Chartered Engineer for over 30 years and is a full member of the CIM and  IET (formerly IEE).

Tony has been running his Internet Consultancy business for 2.5 years and personally specialises in lead generation systems, search engine optimisation and internet advertising.  He is certified in advanced SEO by Search Engine Workshops.