About Me

Originally from Yorkshire, I then spent some time in the wonder of the world that is the Thames Valley. I now live in a tiny glen, hidden away in the Scottish Highlands, a few miles from the famous Glenlivet distillery.

I’ve worked in IT for far more years than I care to remember, and sad to say, I’m the typical IT geeky type. I started out in a portacabin in the carpark of a building called BRA01, writing code for one of the best and least well-known office systems in the world. I've had many job titles; developer, sysadmin, engineer, architect, consultant.

Since then, I’ve specialised in Unix & Linux consultancy, working for some of the best known names in IT – installing, managing, supporting and generally wrangling systems first in data centres, and then in the Cloud.

After decades of contracting, I now work as a consultant for a company supplying cloud solutions; specifically in the team that provides contact centre solutions using Amazon Connect.