The team behind Codevio have been working together since 1997 and were the founders of Home Media Networks Limited (HMN) – the company behind the highly influential ShowShifter product line.

Codevio retains the original management team from HMN, with over 20 years combined experience operating in the software industry.

Colin Tinto. Colin is Managing Director of Codevio and is one of the three founders of Codevio. Before Codevio, Colin was one of the founders of Home Media Networks Limited set up in February 2000. Colin was instrumental in raising a total of £1.4m in funding for HMN post dotcom crash and led the team that developed the ShowShifter application into the defacto standard for PC based TV viewing and recording applications, receiving critical acclaim and many awards on the way. HMN was acquired by SkyNetGlobal Limited in April 2005, and Colin moved on to start Codevio shortly afterwards. Previously Colin worked for Spider Systems, an Edinburgh based networking company, starting as a graduate engineer and rising through the ranks to project consultant. In parallel, Colin is one of the founders of The Internet Movie Database Limited (www.imdb.com), acquired by Amazon.com in 1998.

Colin is an experienced team leader and project manager, with strong software architecture and design skills, and works with Codevio's clients to provide requirement analysis and software requirement specifications.

Michael Tortolano. Michael is a founder and Director of Codevio and was also one of the entrepreneurs behind Home Media Networks. At HMN, Michael was a key driving force for the product line designing and developing the ground breaking digital media elements of ShowShifter such as the analog and digital TV capture/playback engines. He also headed up HMN's consultancy business providing services to top tier vendors such as Intel, AMD and Micronas. Previous to HMN, Michael worked as a project manager and team leader at Edinburgh based Spider Systems for 5 years. Michael served his apprenticeship in software working on navigational products for seismic surveys for Concept Systems, and defense industry software at GEC Ferranti.

Berrie Bloem. Berrie is a founder and Director of Codevio. Before starting Codevio, Berrie was also one of the founders of Home Media Networks Limited. At HMN, Berrie designed and developed the modular infrastructure that formed the backbone of the ShowShifter application, as well as creating it’s unique ‘10ft’ user interface system. Previously Berrie worked as a contractor at Spider Systems, on the same team as Michael and Colin. Before joining Spider, Berrie developed and released a PC version of the popular Chinese game Mah Jongg, and successfully marketed and sold it around the world.