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The team

We are a small but perfectly formed mighty team of 3!  We bring together the perfect blend of experience (both tech and sector), enthusiasm and dedication to help your team on their technical project

 

Our values

  • Honest

    We’re honest with our clients about what they need and what we can do and never recommend a solution that we don’t truly believe is in everyone’s best interests

  • Collaborative

    We are both active listeners and continuous learners.  We listen to what our clients need to bring our expertise but we never assume we are the smartest in the room and that we can learn from all of our clients and their projects with us

  • Kind

    We approach all our clients and each other with kindness and understand that we might not be the most important thing in their day that day

  • Detailed focussed

    The devil is in the details! We probe and challenge through our engagements to ensure that we understand the really detailed needs to ensure our solutions are fit for purpose

The T{h}onix team

DIRECTOR

Nicola Chowings

Nicola has been in IT for 25 years; firstly as a programmer and latterly as a architect, development manager and consultant for the last 10 years. Previous the Head of Development @ Game Stores Group followed by Technical Architect for Amazon.  Nicola then spent 4 years consulting and developing solutions exclusively for the charity TheGivingMachine before combining forces with Code Wizards where she was Head of Delivery

Nicola returned to consulting 3 years ago and founded T{h}onix to really focus on providing her skills back into the charity space.  She now provides interim/fractional CTO services alongside deep diving into organisations to understand their true technology needs and opportunities.

 

CRM CONSULTANT

Michelle

Michelle has a strong technical background, beginning her career with an Infrastructure Engineer apprenticeship, where she gained hands-on experience in IT systems and operations. She then progressed to a fast-paced start-up tech company, where she expanded her expertise, particularly in CRM Applications. Passionate about using technology to support the non-profit sector, Michelle is committed to making a meaningful impact through her work.

BEACON CRM ASSOCIATE

Tracey

Tracey works alongside Nicola on Beacon CRM implementation projects.  Tracey brings a strong technical background from her previous roles @ Vodafone and a meticulous eye for detail!  When not working on Beacon projects Tracey supports charities in the local community and enjoys time jet setting all over the world!

The extended T{h}onix team

T{h}onix uses a carefully curated pool of freelancers and partners.  With an extensive network of awesome humans and teams T{h}onix can flex and grow to suit the needs of your project

How T{h}onix works

We aim to:

  • Be bespoke

    No 2 clients are the same so we don’t think “standard packages” work.  From our initial conversations we create an approach that we think best supports your specific charity and your specific needs to achieve the best result

  • Bring insight but inform

    Our role is clearly to bring both sector and technical expertise however, a key part of our role is to impart as much of that to you as is useful so that you are better able to support yourselves after our engagement is complete

  • Listen but challenge

    We’re here to listen to your needs and wants but also use our knowledge to gently challenge. It’s important to build trust as we work together and allow challenge to ensure we land on the best outcome

  • Draw on expertise of others

    Whilst our knowledge of is both wide and deep it’s important to acknowledge when specialists in certain systems know more.  We have a broad network of partners that we draw upon as needed

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Dot Project Associate

Nicola is proud to be a Dot Project associate.  

Dot Project build digital resilience and confidence.  

They support the social sector with their digital resilience and confidence so that people and organisations can thrive collectively

The Office

We operate a hybrid working model between remote working and an awesome co-working space in Newbury

The support crew

You may often find these two four legged friends making an "unexpected" appearance during calls.  Hobson and Red (Uncle and Niece) provide much needed company when working from the office. 

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