Dev / Tech recruitment

Paul Church

Managing Director

Location: London

Paul joined the Group as Managing Director of ECOM and InterQuest Specialist Staffing in June 2019, bringing with him 11 years’ experience working his way up the ranks in one of the most established recruitment companies in the world. He has a very strong reputation in the Tech Recruitment industry, having built his network and his brand on trust, integrity and transparency. As well as defining a concrete presence in niche, talent short markets, he has built and led successful teams who follow his ethos.

Hiren Vekaria

Associate Director

Location: London

As Associate Director for the Technical Team at ECOM, Hiren manages the contract recruitment for a range of Software, E-commerce, FinTech & Digital companies and supply them with exceptional candidates as well as managing a team of consultants.

Hiren specialises in contract roles for web, software, and mobile developers as well as QA’s and senior level technology focussed candidates. Hiren's in-depth knowledge of the market gives him unparalleled access to leading organisations and sought after candidates.

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Rob Sugden

Practice Director

Expertise: Senior Appointments

Location: Manchester

Rob is ECOMs Director for Manchester. He leads our teams across the North & Midlands operating in Digital Tech, UX & Design, Product & Project and Marketing & eCommerce. He’s had over 15 years of recruitment experience in Manchester, building an extensive network. Over the years Rob has created a reputation for working with the best candidates and the most interesting companies! He’s passionate about Manchester’s digital scene and has loved being part of its ever evolving journey. Outside of work when he’s not spending time with his family, he can be found Rock Climbing or enjoying Manchester’s amazing music scene.

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Joe Parker

Managing Consultant

Location: Manchester

Joe has worked at ECOM since 2012 and is one of the founding members of the Manchester office, he initially joined as a Consultant and over the course of the last seven years has been promoted a number of times leading to his current role as a Managing Consultant.

As a Managing Consultant, he’s responsible for both leading a team of recruiters and helping experienced software engineering professionals find new opportunities in Manchester with a focus on cutting-edge Web, Mobile, Digital and Social technology.

His success is a testament to his intimate market knowledge, his honest approach to business and the strength of his relationships.

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Gareth Pike

Software Engineering Recruiter

Location: North West

Gareth Pike is a Principal Consultant at ECOM who specialises in the Software Engineering sector across the North West of England. This is Gareth’s 14th year in the recruitment industry so he has definitely been around the block! Over the past 5 years he has focussed on helping organisations with their recruitment of Open Source software engineering candidates, predominantly across the Java, PHP and Python technology stacks. Gareth graduated from Manchester Metropolitan University with a degree in Information Technology Systems which has definitely helped him throughout his IT recruitment career. In his spare time Gareth has a very busy family life being the dad to two sports mad young boys Leo & Zac, which involves lots of homework duty and being a part time football coach! Aside from family life his other major passions are following Man United FC where he is a season ticket holder and raising funds for Motor Neurone Disease which is charity close to his heart. Gareth feels integrity is one of the biggest things people should demonstrate in and out of working life and prides himself on this.

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Mehmood Hassan

Tech Consultant

Location: London

Mehmood is recruiting in the backend and mobile verticals across London. He’s been recruiting in this space for a long time and has built a solid network of amazing technologists around the London startup space. In addition to recruitment, Mehmood has partnered up with the LPS, AI club for Gender Minorities, London Django Sprints and many more communities to promote tech. Aside from his professional life he loves to play football!

Will Pedigrew

Senior Delivery Consultant

Location: Manchester

As a Senior Delivery Consultant Will is responsible for helping experienced software development professionals find new permanent roles in Manchester with a focus on Web, Mobile, Digital and Social technology.

Will works with a mix of organisations from some of the region’s most recognisable brands to new and exciting start-ups. Focusing on JavaScript technologies, Will has experience recruiting for the following skills; HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript (including React, Node, Angular, Vue), SQL Server and NoSQL.

Will recruits for a variety of disciplines and positions including; CTO, Technical Director, Head of Development, Enterprise Architect, Solution Architect, Technical Architect, Development Manager, Development Team Lead, Principal Developer, Senior Developer and Developer.

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Alysha Smith

Javascript consultant

Location: Amsterdam

Alysha recruits Frontend Developers and JavaScript Engineers in Amsterdam. Having studied and lived in Amsterdam, she has first-hand knowledge of all the logistics involved in being an ex-pat. From securing accommodation to VISA sponsorships, Alysha has a wealth of knowledge on ex-pat life.

She combines her work ethic from her legal background and networking skills from business consulting to connect JavaScript talent in Amsterdam, taking an immense amount of pride in supporting start-up and scale-up tech companies to secure the best engineers.

Alysha’s free time usually involves hiking, travelling to hot countries and the occasional Chinese takeaway.