Chief Executive Officer
Steve Smith
Founder of Software City and a 30 year track record in Computer Services in the Uk, mainland Europe and the USA Steve now drives investors, entrepreneurs and industry leaders together to fuel early stage propositions with global potential. As Industry Director Digital for Liverpool Vision Steve is also a key part of the North West’s Superfast Broadband ambitions. Steve sees NWIX as the natural driver for enabling bandwidth hungry Digital businesses in the Uk and seeks to grow NWIX to become a major player in the Enterprise connectivity market.
Steve's previous roles include: Group Technical Services Director For Elcom UK Ltd, General Manager of Landis ICT Services Ltd, Founding Director of Comhar (Eire) Ltd, and Founding Director of the Lamberhurst Corporation.
Chief Finance Officer
Sharon Goodier
Sharon has held a number of senior roles in the finance departments of companies across several industry verticals including textile, manufacturing and professional services.
Chief Commercial Officer
Kevin Swindells
Kevin joined NWIX in 2010 to build and manage the channel partner programme. Kevin's career started in computing as a qualified engineer. He then moved into the telecommunications industry where he held a number of senior roles at companies including BT, BT Cellnet, O2, Olivetti, Wordplex, Styyle UK Ltd.
Chairman &
Chief Technical Officer
Nick Whittaker
Nick founded NWIX in 2004. He has a rich history of delivering Internet services to businesses in the UK. Highlights include being instrumental in setting up the Manchester Internet Exchange (MaNAP), the UK's second Internet exchange point which is now owned by NWIX and has evolved into Edge-IX – a distributed Internet exchange. As well as his commitments to the business, Nick also plays a role as an independent consultant to the industry; projects have included the redesign of a national government network. Since 2005, Nick has dedicated his time to developing the NWIX business where he continues to strive to build a "better way to do business" over the Internet for companies in the UK.
Chief Human Resource Officer
Pippa Dyal
The people employed by NWIX are its most important asset and Pippa is responsible for their coaching as well as the people strategies for the business. An experienced senior HR professional, Pippa has worked across a variety of industry sectors including manufacturing, professional services and IT.





