Hello and welcome to my blog!
I’m a Principal Technical Success Manager based in the UK with over 20 years of experience across IT, spanning support, infrastructure, virtualisation, networking, automation, cyber security and Zero Trust. I enjoy solving complex technical problems, learning new technologies and helping customers turn technical challenges into practical solutions.
Technology has always been both my career and a genuine interest, which is why I use this site to share what I’ve learned, document projects and hopefully help others along the way.
Outside of work, one of my more recent obsessions is collecting retro consoles, particularly classic Sega and Nintendo systems. You can see some of the collection, along with other interests and projects, on my Instagram account.
I enjoy helping people, so feel free to get in touch.
I use the following training providers and methods to keep abreast of technology:
– A Cloud Guru – Active subscription
– AI Channels / Chatgpt / Claude / Gemini
– Blogs
– Google 😉
– Linux Academy – Active subscription
– Pluralsight – Active subscription
– Udemy
– Youtube
IT Certifications:
- Zscaler Digital Transformation Engineer
- Certified in Cybersecurity (CC)
- Cisco Certified Network Associate Data Center (CCNA Data Center)
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
- VMware Certified Professional – Data Center Virtualization 2019
- Cisco Certified Network Associate Routing and Switching (CCNA Routing and Switching)
- VMware Certified Professional 6 – Data Centre Virtualisation (VCP6-DCV)
- VMware Certified Professional 5 – Data Centre Virtualisation (VCP5-DCV)
- Cisco Certified Entry Networking Technician (CCENT)
- Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST)
- Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
- CompTIA Network+
- CompTIA A+
Qualifications:
- BSc (Honours) in Computing & Information Technology and Business
- Level 4 BTEC Higher National Certificate in Computing
- Level 3 BTEC Nationals for IT Practitioners
- Level 2 GNVQ Intermediate IT
Open University courses taken:
- The computing and IT project (TM470)
- Making sense of strategy (B301)
- IT systems: planning for success (TM353)
- Business organisations and their environments (B201)
- You and your money: personal finance in context (DB123)
- An introduction to business studies (B120)
- Cisco networking (CCNA) (T216)
- Object-oriented programming with Java (M255)
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