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About Me[edit]

Residence[edit]

I was born in Coventry and moved as a child to Portsmouth and Ottery St Mary attending one, or more schools, in all three. After leaving home I lived in various areas of London, (including Streatham, Brixton, Norwood Junction), & outskirts, Portslade, Worthing, Weymouth, Yeovil, Nailsea and now Bridgend.

Education[edit]

After school I achieved Standard & Higher TEC, (now called BTEC), certificates in Electronics on day release at South London Collage, (Knights Hill), and a BA (Open) through the Open University home study.

Employment[edit]

In the past I have been in the REME, worked as a Technician/Electronics Engineer for the Metropolitan Police O(T)SG & Fisher Controls/Monsanto in Lewisham, as a Software Engineer and Instructor on Flight Simulator Visual Systems for Singer Link-Miles/Thompson Training & Simulation Lancing, in various contract positions as a Software Engineer and Software Tester mostly specialising in Avionics, Sonar, Embedded Software, Real-Time & Safety Critical Software.

I currently work for Baker Hughes as a Software Engineer as a specialist in Embedded Software and Sub-Sea Systems & Software Tools.

Disclaimer[edit]

Please note that any opinions I may express or other contributions that I make, including but not limited to Wikipedia edits, are my own rather than that of my current, or any previous, employer or organisation that I may be associated with.

Specific Areas Of Interest[edit]

Professional Interests[edit]

I have a strong professional interest and some degree of knowledge in, programming languages especially C/C++ & Python, software test and revision control tools and a strong preference for FOSS tools.

Hobbies[edit]

In addition to spending far too much time on computers outside of work hours I am a keen amateur photographer & prolific reader.

Travel[edit]

Countries Lived In: England, Wales
Countries Travelled To Professionally: Australia, Malaysia, USA, Italy, Germany, France, Holland, Finland, Belgium.
Countries Travelled to on a Personal/Leisure Basis: Scotland, Wales, Austria, France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, USA, Malta, Crete.

Subject matter you may find me writing about[edit]

Just about anything that I come across but mostly those places that I have lived or worked and subjects that I have had professional experience of. The majority of my contributions to Wikipedia to date have been minor edits or supplementary information.