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Our priority is to provide all our users with the help they need. From our extensive, context sensitive help files that ship with our software, to our industry leading online support.

Use our extensive KnowledgeBase and FAQs with articles, answers, and information about general and technical issues. Announcements present the latest version numbers for all our programs. Our Troubleshooting facility can help you find a quick resolution to your issue, and a lively Support Forum provides help and advice.

If you are a user of a commercial product you may also Submit a Support Ticket, but please refer through the support resources first as this will likely provide you with a faster route to resolving your issue.




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Industry Associations

2BrightSparks Pte Ltd is a member of the following independent professional software associations that aim to ensure good industry practice:

go to The Association of Shareware Professionals web site go to the OISV web site go to the Software Industry Professionals website go to the Association of Independent Software Industry Professionals web site

Member of the The Association of Shareware Professionals

The Association of Shareware Professionals deliver high quality software. Members share information and advice and subscribe to a code of ethics.

OISV Charter Member

The OISV is is the largest organization of independent software vendors, marketers, retailers and distributors in the World that combine their resources to create better and affordable software for users.

Member of The Software Industry Professionals

The Software Industry Professionals group aims to encourage excellence in the software industry.

The Association of Independent Software Industry Professionals

The AISIP work in the independent software industry and strive to offer valuable, worthwhile software.


The 2BrightSparks Team

Rather than serve up some marketing spiel about how 2BrightSparks is uniquely placed to deliver excellence in software design we thought you'd rather discover a little about who's behind our company.

2BrightSparks Pte Ltd was incorporated in 2004 with Michael J. Leaver, Mike de Sousa, and Richard N. Gascoigne at its helm.


photo of Michael J Leaver Michael J Leaver

Technical Director
  Michael has developed his passion as a software programmer from an early age. Michael left Coventry University in the United Kingdom with a British Computer Society Prize for best final year project, and went on to become Product Manager, Senior Product Analyst, and Senior Software Engineer for a number of international and start-up companies.
   
Favourites Films: Apocalypse Now, Alien, Das Boot, Where Eagles Dare, and all the Clint Eastwood 'man with no name' films

Books: Night's Dawn Trilogy (Peter Hamilton), A Fire Upon the Deep & A Deepness in the Sky (Vernor Vinge), Rats (J. Herbert)

Place: Lancashire, UK, in summer

Building: Warwick Castle, Warwickshire. UK.

Food: Nasi Pedang

Wine: Chateauneuf-du-Pape

Website: www.slashdot.org


photo of Mike de Sousa Mike de Sousa

Creative Director
  Mike de Sousa has a broad creative output and has continually sought new challenges over his twenty eight year career as a successful creative professional.

As well as delivering this website, graphic design, and usability audit on software produced by 2BrightSparks, Mike also runs AbleStable, a long established site dedicated to support and encourage creativity.
   
Favourites Films: Contact: Robert Zemeckis

Music: The Koln Concert: Keith Jarrett

Book: No One Writes to the Colonel: Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Place: Earth from above (one day)

Building: Tate Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall. United Kingdom.

Food: Biscuits

Game: Crash Bash with my son

Website: www.permadi.com


Photo of Richard Gascoigne Richard N Gascoigne

Corporate Relations, Administration and Marketing Director
  Richard thought that he had escaped from the software business after many years in various management roles, including marketing, international distribution, training, and technical support.

However, his discovery of, and appreciation for, SyncBack has happily brought him in to help the organization grow, including planning, corporate administration, marketing, and making coffee.
   
Favourites Films: Anything by Akiri Kurosawa

Music: Bohemian Rhapsody: Queen

Book: Uncommon Wisdom: Fritjof Capra

Place: Yosemite National Park

Building: My House

Food: Anything not moving

Game: Backgammon

Website: www.2brightsparks.com, of course


Jane Liu Jane Liu

Senior Business Analyst
 

Jane brings extensive analytical skills and experience to 2BrightSparks.

Jane's role is to makes sense of the countless data that pours into the office everyday to help the team make the best decisions for the company's continuing growth.

   
Favourites Films: Lord of the Rings Trilogy

Music: John Miles

Book: Patricia Cornwell, John O'Farrell

Place: Schnurrbarts - LKF, HK. Brighton & Hove beach.

Food: Foie gras, anything pasta and cheese. All the bad stuff. :)

Game: Pictionary, Scrabble


Debbie Wong-Grignani Debbie Wong-Grignani

Customer Communications Officer
 

Debbie's excellent communication skills make her the perfect point of contact for users of our software. Her broad experience and enthusiasm in both interpersonal and technical contexts result in our customers enjoying a very high level of care.

   
Favourites Films: Monsters Inc.

Music: Sting, Rascal Flatts

Book: The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

Place: Melbourne City, Australia

Building: Hohenschwangau in Germany

Food: Chocolate and most kinds of fruits

Game: Cluedo, Scattergories

Website: www.itv-f1.com


Titus Paul Titus Paul

Senior Application Developer
 

In addition to developing new software solutions, Titus provides high quality advice and expertise when replying to technical support tickets for our licensed customers.

Titus has a Bachelor of Computer Science Engineering from Madras University which was the foundation for his experience using a broad range of technologies including Delphi, Dot Net, Java, C, C++, SQL and XML.

   
Favourites Films: Comedy

Music: Polka

Musical Instrument: Piano Accordion (Hohner), Reed Organ (Mason & Hamlin)

Book: Bible

Place: Singapore

Building: My house

Food: Male Goat, Chicken & Fish

Game: Cricket

Website: www.google.com

       

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