We’ve Been Kicking Around Since 2000
Below are a few of our key milestones and memories
from our last 12 years in the business.
December 1992
Neil Papworth sends the first text message
on the Vodafone network: "Merry Christmas".
2000
November
Mediaburst is founded, hoping to "inspire
businesses to communicate".
December 2002
We launch Mobbed, our first
text message service.
February 2003
Launch Integrated SMS, an
API for software developers.
2004
January
We get a new mustardy logo.
January 2005
Sign a deal with O2, they will sell our SMS
products to their business customers.
2006
January
Gary Bury is hired as Finance Director.
(With this PR photo, looking like The Apprentice!)
August 2006
Twitter founded by Jack Dorsey envisioning an SMS based social network
June 2008
Gary Bury appointed Managing Director.
December 2008
Agreement with Microsoft to be one of the
first Outlook Mobile Service Providers.
2009
June
Mediaburst acquires Promptext.
2010
January
Brand overhaul, we go all birdy!
November 2010
Happy birthday Mediaburst! We turn 10.
2011
March
Launch of Florence in collaboration with Stoke on Trent PCT. In June we win a Big Chip Award.
2012
July
We launch Timetastic, a nicer way to book time off.
2012
December
Massive overhaul and relaunch of Textburst.
We introduce Clockwork, our easy text message API.
… and still going strong
The Friendly Faces Of Mediaburst
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Gary Bury
The boss at Mediaburst. Falls off snowboards. Gary started out as an accountant, but now does a little bit of support, design, accounts, product direction and everything else.
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Allan England
Allan is our backend expert, he built Mediaburst's internal systems with his bare hands. When he’s not fighting code he’s out walking his dog and taking photos.
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Dawn Rowley
Dawn is our support expert, and the person most customers talk to. She knows the industry, the regulation, and our products like the back of her hand.
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James Inman
James is the newest member of our team, and works on Timetastic and our API integrations. He's the face of Mediaburst at events, and as well as tech, he likes music, law, and travel.
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Jo Nugent
Jo's the key account manager at Mediaburst. If you've got a query about SMS, she's the gal to speak to. When she’s not busy looking after our existing customers, she is looking for new ones!
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John Cartmell
The oldest member of the Mediaburst team, cool as a cucumber and solid as a rock. John knows Perl like the back of his hand and is our SMPP guru.
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Martin Steel
Variation is his game: web apps, firewalls, .NET, PHP and any other 3 letter acronym you can muster. And when he’s not at work, he heads for the Outer Hebrides to see his family.
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Rob Quick
Rob is the numbers guy and handles accounts at Mediaburst. He also helps out with customer support. Much younger than John, he can still enjoy playing sports and the odd computer game.
