PROFESSIONAL STUFF

How did you arrive at Ensign? What path brought you here?

An interest in computer networking when I left College brought me to Ensign as a junior staff member and I haven’t looked back since with a passion to continually move forward and push myself technically.

Having progressed from the installation of networks, through to the design and management of large installations, into server systems and then into Wireless LAN implementation and now into my current role as a Technical Architect designing and acting as technical lead on all networking related projects.

What are you known for professionally? What do you have a knack for?

Highly technical stuff; I have a deep knowledge of networking at all levels from switching, router Wireless LAN and firewalls across many vendors, Cisco, HP, Meraki, Aruba, Palo Alto coupled with server skills based around Vmware and Microsoft products.

What are you most passionate about professionally? What excites you about your work?

Keeping up-to-date with technical change and industry advancements is a constant challenge… but enjoyable.

PERSONAL LIFE

What are you passionate about personally? What do you really enjoy?

Listening to music, preferably with as many live gigs as possible

Good documentaries and non-fiction exploring the less reported side of life

Winter sports and the joys of bombing down a snowy slope on a plank of wood

Where can we find you when you’re not working? What’s your favourite way to spend a Sunday afternoon?

Getting the balance right between having lots of fun playing with the kids and enjoying social gatherings with family and friends over a pint of hand pulled ale.

What would be impossible for you to give up?

Riding my motorbike…

Anything else you’d like to tell people about yourself?

No, bog off!