Role

Innovator, motivator, evangelizer, business development

Favourite part of the job

Every day's a school day. Although we are dealing with technology our business is people. That's why the possibilities are endless and that's what is so exciting. We are constrained only by the depth of our imaginations.

What's in your favourites?

I use del.ici.ous. It's great for sharing knowledge and research. I enjoy all things Italian, anything to do with skiing, (preferably alpine downhill) and motorbikes. Oh yes, as a father of three daughters, I have been known to look on babycentre.co.uk and know just about everyone of the CBeebies and Milkshake brands intimately.

Darren's background

In 1990 Darren met Quba co-founder Matthew Williams on the side of a volcano in Indonesia - Gunung Merapi on the island of Java to be precise. Darren's return from his round the world trip was followed by several years of working with children and adults in the tourism industry both in the UK and abroad.

After completing his BSc (Hons) degree in 1998 at Sheffield Hallam University Darren spent two years at Derbyshire based new media agency where he met Quba's other founding partner Matthew Jones. The rest as they say is history.

From July 2000 Darren has driven the business forward by identifying new business opportunities, potential collaborations and encouraging innovation.