The CBn Team
Management
Technical
Podcast Host
Managing Editors
Correspondents
- Tim Roth
- Brett McAleer
- Charlie Axworthy
- Athena Stamos
- Jacques Stewart
- Charles Helfenstein
- Kevin Wells
David Winter
David Winter became a follower of the Bond phenomenon after seeing his first Bond film, A View To A Kill on television when 7. He founded CommanderBond.net back in 2000. It was merely meant to be a small site to work on in his spare time, but it actually turned into something much more—a legend on the web. David’s work at CBn includes the design, development and management of the web site, as well as other site-based duties. His favourite film is Goldeneye and his favourite book is Ian Fleming’s Moonraker. David works for a website development company, based in London.
Greg Nolle
Greg has been with CBn since the very start. He developed the system that is the backbone of the main CBn site and has continued to develop and expand it to suit the ever changing needs of the site. Furthermore, Greg is always keeping the server running and has helped us through countless server transitions. With a very strong technical background, he is currently studying for a Degree in Computer Science at Warwick University. He’s CBn’s very own Quartermaster—he’s Greg Nolle.
Tim Roth
Tim Roth, born in 1985 in Trier, Germany, has been a Bond fan since he saw The Man with the Golden Gun on German TV in 1995. He started collecting the movies on VHS and later on DVD, the novels, the soundtracks and the posters, before he finally joined the James Bond Internet Community in late 1999. In 2000, Tim set up his own fan site dedicated to the man called 007. He improved his site from time to time and in 2003 his site became the official site of the Bondklub Deutschland, the German 007 Club (He remains the Webmaster of the site). Tim has been a member of CommanderBond.net since March 2001, and in the winter of 2002 he became a team member. Tim, who is about to start university, earns his pocket money with what started with Bond in 2000—creating web sites. Today Tim is creating websites for companies and exhibitions. His favourite Bond movie is The Living Daylights, and his favourite Bond actor Timothy Dalton. Tim likes Ian Fleming’s novel Moonraker best and is also a fan of John Gardner’s 007 novels. He also likes parties, hanging around with friends and travelling. Tim remains an enthusiastic 007 fan, but he can also turn a critical eye on the phenomenon, increasing his appreciation of it.
Brett McAleer
Brett McAleer, an Australian born in New Guinea, has been living in Indonesia since 1996. An avid Bond fan since 1973 after going to a “Bondfest” at a local drive-in, Brett delights in watching all the movies and listening to and collecting their soundtrack music. He became interested in communicating online with other Bond fans to help fill a void after the sudden death the year before of his brother who was also a Bond fan. An Internet search presented CBn to Brett who has been a member of its forums as “Blofeld’s Cat” since September 2001, and became a team member shortly afterwards. He spends most of his time participating in and moderating the forums, and also does occasional news reporting and article writing. Other interests outside of the Bond world include Star Trek, cricket, soundtrack collecting, and cinema going. Brett is currently on a sabbatical in Bali.
Evan Willnow
Evan Willnow works as a Production/Photoshop Artist in his home town of Saint Louis, Missouri USA. The work Evan has done in the field of advertising has won scores of awards, including awards at the local, regional, national, and even the international level. It has also been shown in trade magazines such as Print, Communication Arts, Archive , and Graphis . At CommanderBond.net, Evan provides artistic and editorial services along with various writing duties. Evan also has written a James Bond fan fiction novel entitled Mightier Than The Sword, and has designed several covers for the fan fiction of other authors along with much of the artwork used throughout this website. He has also created a series of James Bond themed Lego models, some of which are featured on CBn in the LEG007 section. Evan’s favourite James Bond is “the one Ian Fleming put down on paper”. His favourite Bond film was Goldfinger until Casino Royale was released, and his favourite Bond novel is You Only Live Twice.
Paul Dunphy
Born in 1984, Paul has been a Bond fan since the heady days of 1997, when he began immersing himself in the Bond world after playing the N64 game GoldenEye 007. He was affected enough to start reading the books and watching the films. He finally joined CommanderBond.net in January 2002 to show off his fan remixes of 007 title tracks. By the summer of the same year he became a CBn team member, creating music for the former fan media site CMGN. Paul can be heard hosting the CommanderBond.net Podcast on a monthly basis. He’s a trained ator, and away from CBn, Paul enjoys DJing (he has a monthly Funk, Swing & Soul night in Leeds), acting, writing, performing and watching comedy. His favourite Bond film is Casino Royale and his favourite 007 soundtrack is On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.
Charlie Axworthy
Charlie Axworthy was born and raised in Seattle, Washington and is a graduate of Chapman University with a degree in Film/Television Production and a minor in English – Fiction/Screenwriting. Since that time he has served as an Executive Assistant to several prominent writers, attorneys, directors and producers in the motion picture industry. He recently independently produced his first film “The Silent Razor” which has been making the rounds of LA and US film festivals and won several awards. Since age five he has had an undying love affair with the world of James Bond and joined CBn in 2002. He has been a Team Member of CBn since April of 2003 and continues to be an active member contributing articles and relating exploits of his “Bond-like” lifestyle and travels. He has been a regular attendee of the BCW (Bond Collector’s Weekend) events since 1999 and can usually be counted on to steal the show at least once during these weekends. He resides in West Los Angeles and makes his living via various writing assignments, occasional private security work and offers his services as an independent &ldqup;gun for hire” in video and film post-production.
Athena Stamos
Born in 1982, Athena lives in Los Angeles and works for the LA Philharmonic. She’s studied journalism, has her cosmetology license, enjoys photography and is an avid Doctor Who fan. Athena came to 007 fandom in 1991 via the reportedly failed cartoon James Bond Jr. It wasn’t such a failure after all! In 1993 her Bond film curiosity was sparked when she visited Piz Gloria in Switzerland (On Her Majesty’s Secret Service) and the Monasteries of Meteora in Greece (For Your Eyes Only). Then in 1999 the obsession took off with the release of The World is Not Enough. Athena joined CBn in August 2003, soon after becoming a team member, and for a while co-hosted the Bondcast podcast for Cinematical. She attended the royal premiere of Quantum of Solace in 2008 and in 2011 celebrated her birthday by hosting a 3 day Bondathon. Her favorite Bond actors are Pierce Brosnan and Roger Moore. (@athenastamos on twitter)
Jacques Stewart
Jacques I.M. Stewart (“Jim”) was born in Montego Bay, Jamaica in 1973. Raised in London and Jamaica, he was educated at Eton and Balliol, taking a Double First Law and English Literature. During his first year at Oxford, he met, fell in love with and married Isabella, with whom he is still falling in love (although with irregular working hours, meeting can be a problem) Having started a career at the Bar, this was curtailed by a car accident. During two years’ recuperation, he completed his Ph.D, although as Isabella is a “proper” doctor, he does not use his title. A series of editing jobs led to his current employment, editing academic (legal) texts. He lives in Oxfordshire with Mrs Jim and their four children. Their eldest daughter died in February 2003. Jacques’ interest in James Bond stems from the novels; his introduction to the character was by reading it. As for the films, he thinks it a pity they stopped making them in 1987 and looks forward to the day they make another one. Beyond James Bond, his interests are reading, pretending to be asleep when the children and/or wife are talking and “having a bit of a think”. He is currently halfway through three novels (writing, not reading), all of which seemed a good idea at the time, and is trying to finish his James Bond fan fiction “Just Another Kill”, a gruesome collection of violent distractions.
Devin Zydel
Devin Zydel was born in Western New York in August 1987 and has lived there since. He works as a technician at a local pharmacy and is currently attending college for a career in business / pharmaceutical sales. Looking for a James Bond website for discussion and infomation about each upcoming film, Devin joined CommanderBond.net in late June 2003. He then became a member of the CBn Team in May 2004. Devin contributes to CBn with articles covering various aspects of the 007 world, such as the novels, films, music and more. He also assists in future sections for the site and is the current head of CBn Fan Fiction. Besides his James Bond obsession (including collecting various editions of the 007 novels from around the world), he enjoys a variety of movies, books and music. His favourite James Bond actor is Roger Moore, with The Spy Who Loved Me as his favourite movie. Ian Fleming’s Doctor No is his favourite novel.
Matt Weston
Matt Weston was born on Australia’s Gold Coast on 15 April 1985. He joined CommanderBond.net in January 2002 and became a member of The CBn Team in July 2004. In 2005, Matt completed his Bachelor of Communications, majoring in Public Relations, Communication and Media Studies and Studies in Arts and Creative Industries. He is an avid traveller, having spent time living in Tahiti, the United Kingdom and Canada, and travelled extensively throughout the rest of the world. Matt became a James Bond fan after playing Rare’s GoldenEye for Nintendo 64. His fandom soon expanded to the films and then to the novels, where his appreciation now lies. Matt’s favourite 007 actor is Daniel Craig and his favourite Bond film, Casino Royale. Matt believes Ian Fleming is the original and the best James Bond author, with From Russia With Love his favourite novel. He is also a fan of Charlie Higson’s Young Bond books and Samantha Weinberg’s Moneypenny Diaries trilogy. In his spare time, Matt enjoys film, television and socialising with friends.
Heiko Baumann
Heiko Bauman was born, raised and still lives in the town of Saarlouis in Germany’s smallest federal state, the Saarland. A Bond fan since the early 1980s, true madness came to him when he got his hands on ‘The James Bond Ultimate Collection’ CD-Rom in 1996. His favourite Bond movie is < span class=”film”>From Russia With Love, his favourite novel is Moonraker and he still thinks that Sean Connery is the best Bond ever. He collects Bond soundtracks (preferrably vinyl) and German Bond books and has a wide interest in all things James Bond.
Heiko found CBn while searching for information on ‘Bond 20’ in late 2001. He joined in October 2002 and became a team member in April 2005. He’s also a member of the editorial team of ‘D-007’, the magazine of the German fanclub ‘Bondklub Deutschland’ (BKD). In real life, Heiko works on the layout and advertising team of a publishing house which runs two newspapers, a youth magazine and a local radio station. He’s a fan of Rock music (focus on 50s/60s/70s) and is involved in an amateur Rock band (as stage hand technician). He’s is also interested in almost any kind of sports (on TV, that is—he’s not a sporting man, even when he’s at his best), and he is a supporter of German football club FC Schalke 04.
Charles Helfenstein
Charles Helfenstein was born and raised in Maryland, and educated at the Episcopal High School in Virginia, The University of St Andrews in Scotland, and Dickinson College in Pennsylvania. He was first introduced to James Bond in the early 70s. Charles’ award winning journalism and Fleming scholarship brought him to London in 1994 for the pinnacle of his fan career: helping Glidrose Publications archive and catalog Ian Fleming’s manuscripts, correspondence and research materials. In 1995 Charles’ Bond & Spy show memorabilia collection was featured in the pilot for “Collecting Across America”. In 1999 MGM called on Charles’ expertise as the world’s foremost authority on On Her Majesty’s Secret Service for help with the DVD of that film. When he isn’t adding to his On Her Majesty’s Secret Service collection, Charles enjoys traveling, swimming, and reading. Charles joined CBn in 2002, and joined the CBn Team in 2005.
Kevin Wells
Kevin Wells was born in Peoria, Illinois on December 30, 1981. He was first introduced to James Bond in the late 80s, but didn’t become a true believer till GoldenEye in 1995. Afterwards, Kevin became something of an Ian Fleming purist, though he also loves the Young Bond series by Charlie Higson. Kevin attended Illinois State University from 2000 to 2004 where he majored in Information Technology. On Ian Fleming’s 99th birthday, he started the website K1Bond007.com. His favorite novel is From Russia with Love and his favorite Bond films are Goldfinger and Casino Royale (2006). Longtime lurker, Kevin did not join CommanderBond.net till January 2005. He became a member of the team in October 2007.
