The people behind the blocks

Jony Zaman

Co-Founder & AI Cloud Architect

I've spent more than twenty years building software, for larger businesses and smaller firms alike. The same thing kept catching my eye: good businesses losing hours every week to work a computer could handle on its own, chasing invoices, taking bookings, juggling the rota. That's what led me to start KwickBlocks. I sit with clients to find the problems worth solving, design how each solution fits together in the cloud, and make sure every block we ship earns its keep.

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Chanel Schmidt-Uili

Co-Founder & AI Solutions Architect

Originally from New Zealand, I came to the UK in the early 2000s on a two-year working holiday visa. It was exciting, daunting and more than a little uncertain, especially leaving behind family, friends and everything that felt familiar.

I arrived as a junior developer with a passion for software development and a determination to keep learning. Before online courses and AI assistants, many evenings and weekends were spent sitting in bookshops reading programming books, teaching myself new languages and expanding my skills. That curiosity has never left me.

Contracting gave me the opportunity to work with incredible people across a wide range of businesses and industries. Every project was different, but one thing was always the same: the best solutions came from listening, collaborating and building strong relationships with the people behind the business.

Those experiences shaped not only my career but also my perspective. They showed me that great solutions come from understanding people first and technology second.

Together with my close friend and co-founder, Jony Zaman, we created Kwick Blocks around a simple belief:

Great software isn't built for clients. It's built with them.

For me, technology has never been the destination. It's simply a way of helping people, building lasting relationships and creating solutions that genuinely make a difference.

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