SwiftTec was originally formed in May 2006 by the owner, Simon Sparkes, as a sole trader business to provide software to the global marketplace and IT services to the local area. In July 2013 we registered as a limited company and focused primarily on software products dropping the majority of local IT support. However this proved to be unsustainable, so at the end of December 2017 it was decided to close the limited company and revert to being a Sole Trader business run by Simon Sparkes as a secondary business in parallel with a full time development position in another company.

This model will allows for continued development and support of the software products on a low-priority basis until such time as the business becomes fully viable again. As part of this change a number of software products have been made free.

Simon Sparkes is a seasoned senior software architect / designer / developer having worked in the industry since 1986 in various roles. He primarily works in C++ and currently works for a company in the telecommunications sector. In the past he has designed and developed a highly scalable recording system for recording air traffic control conversations, radar data and radar screens currently in use in several airports in the UK. He has also worked in the banking sector and also provides technical / IT consultancy.