About ElanElan Limited and

ElanElan Limited (ElanElan) is an International Business Corporation (IBC) set up in 2000 in Antigua & Barbuda in the Caribbean. ElanElan owns and operates this site, Naked Multiple Sclerosis (www.NakedMS.me), plus Cure Multiple Sclerosis (www.CureMS.me) and Naked MS Relationships (www.NakedMSRelationships.me).

ElanElan’s Owners and Directors, Caramia and David Hartley, live in Antigua & Barbuda.

See Contact Us for address and contact info.

Caramia Hartley, MA Hons, Cambridge University, UK

Prior to marrying David Hartley in 1998 and becoming Managing Director of Hartley Computer UK Ltd., Caramia’s career demonstrated a stellar progression in the corporate world until Multiple Sclerosis intervened:

As a Line Manager and Consultant in Marketing, Human Resources, Quality and Business Improvement she worked effectively at both the grass roots and board level to facilitate profitable improvements. Gaining the trust and confidence of her co-workers was key to her success. For example:

In Philips she introduced Just In Time (JIT) systems to the European Logistics Depts. saving the company US$25.5million over 5 years.

BT benefited from her Quality initiatives when she helped BT Personnel acquire BS 5750 Part One in 1993 and Part One of the EQA in 1994. Her Change Management focus groups saved the Company US$1.6 million between 1992-4.

In Hitachi Europe Ltd she implemented a Pan-European Human Resources strategy, policy and associated Development and Training aspects.

At Hays PLC she expanded their Search & Selection services internationally and into other areas of HRM consultancy giving Hays access to Blue Chip clients for the first time.

It comes as no surprise to find Caramia was nominated by her colleagues for the UK Young Business Woman of the Year Award, twice earned the ‘Chairman’s Quality Award for Excellence’ and ‘Management’s Best Coach Award’.

Caramia also combined a demanding Corporate career with an equally challenging Military role. For 16 years she worked for the RAF (Royal Air Forces) Intelligence, and travelled worldwide on Security assignments.

This varied and demanding lifestyle eventually took its toll......on Caramia’s health and wellbeing...

In 1999 she was diagnosed with Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis, and moved with David to sunny Antigua. The warmer, dryer climate combined with Caramia’s resilience and determination (her father called it ‘bloody mindedness’!) enabled her to master MS.

After 11 years of struggle, medical and nutritional research, networking and cost to gain the knowledge embodied in this site, she hopes to help others avoid similar pain and find their purpose and passion.

For a more personal description of Caramia’s life and her stages in learning about MS, see My Story.

David Hartley, BE, Honours (Civil), University of Qld, Australia

Following several years as a civil engineer involving extensive computing and mathematical modelling in Namibia (Africa) and Australia, David founded Hartley Computer (HC) in Brisbane Australia in 1974. David and colleagues developed the Hartley Professional Accountants’ System - HAPAS - and associated systems, both hardware and software, while building one of the first mini computer vertical market successes in the world, with ultimately 250 staff and 3,000 sites in 7 countries.

David sold his HC interests in 1985 and after a period in Hong Kong developing, with his partners, the world’s first voice activated automatic fax switch, the BIT PHAXswitch, plus other IT products, winning two Hong Kong Electronics design awards in the process of growing the business to HK$40 million with exports to 35 countries, moved to the UK in 1993 to undertake a 21st century equivalent of HAPAS.

By 1998, he and partners in Hartley Computer UK Limited had gained 1,000 Accounting Practice Clients ranging from one man practices to PricewaterhouseCoopers.

He has been a member of the various National and State bodies including the Advisory Council of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (Australia) 1980-1983; Queensland Science and Technology Council 1983-1985, providing advice to the Qld Government; Science and Industries Forum of the Australian Academy of Science 1983-1985.

Awards include 1981 ‘Chips’ Award of the Australian Computer Society; 1983 Australian design Award for the Hartley 3923 Computer; 1986 Hong Kong New product Award (Electronics) for BIT PEP range; 2003 The Pearcy Hall of Fame (Australia) for “Distinguished lifetime achievement and contribution to the development and growth of the IT Profession, Research and Industry”.

Then, unexpectedly in 1998, Caramia was diagnosed with Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis. Promptly, David and partners sold the UK business to Sage PLC in 1999, so Caramia and David could move to a warmer climate in Antigua, which Caramia thought would help her, as it has done.

In Antigua, David has pursued various consulting and online business interests with Caramia, culminating in this and related sites.

Language

Caramia and David are British and Australian English speakers, so this site uses British English spelling. That’s why US English speaking readers might notice some apparently ‘weird’ spellings e.g. colour instead of color and so on!