Our expert Microsoft team principally specialises in software development, engineering, modernisation and integration for the Microsoft Cloud, as well as on-premises and hybrid systems. Our expertise is in Microsoft .NET and Azure, SQL Server, BizTalk Server and Xamarin.
Our custom software engineering is focused on business solutions and provides our clients with software tailored to meet specific business requirements. We can readily claim to be one of the UK’s pioneers of custom cloud-based software and integration from the very beginnings in the late ’90s.
Experts you can rely on
Now a practice within Transparity, our co-founders are still hands-on, leading the team as General Manager and Technical Head of Practice. Every client benefits from their years of experience, business and technical know-how and willingness to jump in and get involved.
Geoff Ballard
Technical Head of Practice
As Co-Founder of Ballard Chalmers, Geoff continues to lead technically, directing technical strategy, overseeing technical consultants, managing larger development projects and ensuring technical delivery quality standards. Geoff has been a SQL Server consultant since the very first beta release by Microsoft and is a trainer and author in Microsoft technology, including the courses ‘Transact-SQL Programming’, ‘Microsoft BizTalk Server’ and ‘Microsoft Office SharePoint Server Administration’. Born in 1957, Geoff holds a BA (Hons) degree in mathematics, an MSc in Database Management Systems from the University of London and also is a C.Eng (Chartered Engineer). Additionally, he is a certified SQL Server Development and Administration MCITP and MCTS. In his spare time, Geoff is a keen sailor and likes island hopping in the Mediterranean.
Andrew Chalmers
General Manager
Co-Founder and now General Manager of the practice, Andrew has over 30 years’ experience in business management. With consultant project manager, interim manager and Managing Director roles particularly in the engineering and manufacturing sector and over much of the world, Andrew brings the business-side experience to complement Geoff’s technical leadership. Amongst other groundbreaking projects, in 1998 Andrew created one of the very first cloud software development consultancies in the UK, which developed a very early-adoption corporate intranet for Hewlett Packard Europe. Outside of business Andrew fulfils his childhood dream of racing a classic Porsche 911. He is also very active in the support of human rights charities in India and the subcontinent. Born in 1965, Andrew is proudly Australian, despite his English accent.
Gary Chase
Delivery Manager
Szilvia Vegh
Finance and Operations Manager
Cornelius Meyer
Technical Project Manager
Leah Monterroso
Marketing Partner
Satbir Lall
Technical Project Manager
James Martin
Principal Architect
Carl Brindle
Technical Architect
Susan Chalmers
People & Culture Partner
Mike Hook
Principal Architect
Christopher Stubbs
Technical Architect
Hima Bindu Chittaboina
Software Test Engineer
Michal Fila
Technical Architect
Nadim Mansur
Senior Software Test Engineer
Peter Leutchford
Technical Architect
Archana Dyavarashetty
Software Test Engineer
Alistair Batrop
Senior SQL DBA
Mihir Solanki
Senior Software Engineer
Nicolet Britz
Operations & Finance Administrator
Brian Russell
Senior Software Engineer
James Davidson
Senior Software Engineer
Chantelle Whitehouse
Operations & Commercial Administrator
Glenn Jones
Technical Architect
Amara Naveed
Software Test Engineer
Joe Sutton
Technical Architect
Kyohei Ikezaki
Senior Software Engineer
Lee Grindon
Technical Architect
Mark Chivers
Technical Architect
Romulo Nissola Rocha
Senior Software Engineer
Saurin Thakker
Technical Architect – Integration
Istvan Szente Varadi
Senior Software Engineer
Al Karakas
Technical Project Manager
James Rosser
Senior Software Engineer
Matthew Langley
Senior Software Engineer
Karl Petford
Technical Architect
Nick McDonald
DevOps & Support Manager
Ricky Dowling
Senior Software Engineer
Bill Stone
Senior Software Engineer
Ian Sefton
Technical Project Manager
Stuart Adkins
Senior Software Engineer
Gary Osman
Security Automation Engineer
Stephen Spencer
Senior Software Engineer
Russell Fleming
Senior Software Engineer
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Career and Job Opportunities
Ballard Chalmers is rapidly expanding. Browse our open positions, see what we have available and send us your CV. Join the team where you matter and your ideas count.
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Ballard Chalmers holds corporate social responsibility as a central pillar of our ethos as a business. Discover more about the causes we support and initiatives we back.
Life at Ballard Chalmers
Aside from a job well done, we believe work should be rewarding and enjoyable. We are IR35 compliant, provide job security, enable our team to progress technically, participate in a variety of work and learn new technology. In this way, each team member is enabled to enjoy work, and of course, the rest of life.