Blue Fountain has evolved into an open source services company. But it was not always so. Originally the company formed in 1990 by Aidan & Sue McGuire specialised in “double byte language systems (Japanese / Chinese). From this niche activity the company expanded and was formally incorporated in 1996. In 1998 we opened our Belgian Subsidiary Blue Fountain Systems SA and in 2002 we moved our main office from London to Liverpool to provide us with the right location to grow further. Along the way some very important people joined the company Ian Cottee (aka zobbo) has been working with the company on and off from the beginning but formally took on the role of Technical Director in 1998. http://www.cottee.org/


John Breckon (formerly Pioneer) joined in 1997 and has become the managerial bedrock of the company. Hirohisa Iwasaki joined in 1997 as a student, subsequently moving to head our Brussels operation and in 2002 took on the role of Managing Director of the group. This core team are complemented by a whole range of personnel both technical, administrative, sales & marketing. Working as a team across several locations in several language environment is sometimes difficult but all the while we strive to meet clients expectations and provide the high level of service they have come to expect.