About Us
Phenomenists Internet Agency was founded in 2000 to meet a growing demand for cost-effective and
reactive internet services, primarily for local small and medium sized businesses. It quickly became
apparent that those same service qualities were sought by larger national organisations to enable
them to take advantage of the rapidly developing possibilities available to them via the internet,
helping them to extend their business online.
Today, Phenomenists provide web services to LexisNexis (Butterworth Tolley - part of the Reed Elsevier group) assisting
their legal, payroll and tax training operations with web-based solutions. Online training and continual professional development
services are in high demand, as are self management web systems.
Our diverse client base includes online applications for the British Arabic Language Institute based in Sanaa, Yemen, Welsh
architects, Alcohol Concern, lifestyle websites and many more. Our farthest flung client is based in
Denver, Colorado, closely followed by another in Dallas, Texas, USA...yee haah!
We remain a stable, efficient and compact ISP which means we can give you some of the most competitive prices around...
site design, development, e-learning and CPD systems, advanced graphics and animation, web hosting, email, technical
support and CD-ROM services all in house.
For more information on our capabilities please visit the knowledge menu link above. Meet the team...
Simon Thew
Simon founded Phenomenists in 2000, following 4 years employed by a Somerset ISP and Business Computer service
company. He joined forces with his former Technical Director, Dick Read, the following year. Responsible for the day to day
running of the company front-end, he will probably be your first point of contact should you call us.
John Goodinson
John has over 20 years experience across many graphic disciplines, including the creation of house styles for leisure
magazines, advertising campaigns for IT telecom systems, brochures for sales promotions and exhibition graphics. He has
designed TV and film title sequences for Ridley Scott (Legend) Mike Figgis (Leaving Las Vegas), as well as Ken Russell,
Alan Parker, and many influential directors and producers. John is responsible for satisfying our more demanding clients
that require strong dynamic layout and typography. Also 3D animation and illustration when required.
Dick Read
Dick is our server administrator and responsible for the smooth running of our server network located in Slough,
Berkshire. Phenomenists were fortunate enough to acquire Dick's expertise in 2002. His skillset is too extensive to list
here ... but to give you an idea, it straddles HTML, XML, ASP.NET, PHP, VBScript, Visual Basic, Access, MYSQL,
Perl and Cribbage.
Tim Cook
Tim has worked in the IT industry since 1995, initially employed as a data analyst with a national hospitality supply
company. Since 1999 he has carried out contract work within the pharmaceutical, financial and retail sectors.
Tim's skills include database design (MySQL and Access), application programming (Visual Basic) and mainframe
operations (IBM AS/400). Tim joined our team in 2003.
reactive internet services, primarily for local small and medium sized businesses. It quickly became
apparent that those same service qualities were sought by larger national organisations to enable
them to take advantage of the rapidly developing possibilities available to them via the internet,
helping them to extend their business online.
Today, Phenomenists provide web services to LexisNexis (Butterworth Tolley - part of the Reed Elsevier group) assisting
their legal, payroll and tax training operations with web-based solutions. Online training and continual professional development
services are in high demand, as are self management web systems.
Our diverse client base includes online applications for the British Arabic Language Institute based in Sanaa, Yemen, Welsh
architects, Alcohol Concern, lifestyle websites and many more. Our farthest flung client is based in
Denver, Colorado, closely followed by another in Dallas, Texas, USA...yee haah!
We remain a stable, efficient and compact ISP which means we can give you some of the most competitive prices around...
site design, development, e-learning and CPD systems, advanced graphics and animation, web hosting, email, technical
support and CD-ROM services all in house.
For more information on our capabilities please visit the knowledge menu link above. Meet the team...
Simon Thew
Simon founded Phenomenists in 2000, following 4 years employed by a Somerset ISP and Business Computer service
company. He joined forces with his former Technical Director, Dick Read, the following year. Responsible for the day to day
running of the company front-end, he will probably be your first point of contact should you call us.
John Goodinson
John has over 20 years experience across many graphic disciplines, including the creation of house styles for leisure
magazines, advertising campaigns for IT telecom systems, brochures for sales promotions and exhibition graphics. He has
designed TV and film title sequences for Ridley Scott (Legend) Mike Figgis (Leaving Las Vegas), as well as Ken Russell,
Alan Parker, and many influential directors and producers. John is responsible for satisfying our more demanding clients
that require strong dynamic layout and typography. Also 3D animation and illustration when required.
Dick Read
Dick is our server administrator and responsible for the smooth running of our server network located in Slough,
Berkshire. Phenomenists were fortunate enough to acquire Dick's expertise in 2002. His skillset is too extensive to list
here ... but to give you an idea, it straddles HTML, XML, ASP.NET, PHP, VBScript, Visual Basic, Access, MYSQL,
Perl and Cribbage.
Tim Cook
Tim has worked in the IT industry since 1995, initially employed as a data analyst with a national hospitality supply
company. Since 1999 he has carried out contract work within the pharmaceutical, financial and retail sectors.
Tim's skills include database design (MySQL and Access), application programming (Visual Basic) and mainframe
operations (IBM AS/400). Tim joined our team in 2003.
