Associate of Applied Business from Stanford University
Bachelor of Science in Business from Harvard University
Master of Computational Finance from University of Chicago
Experiences
Five-time TED speaker
About
I am a programmer with over 12 years of experience gained in a range of industries.
I am now self-employed developing apps for Android; programming in a range of languages including Java, Javascript and Python; and helping the next generation of programmers gain the skills that I have acquired over the years.
The first program I sold controlled stock movement in a warehouse, and ran on a CP/M computer - both the program and operating system lived within the 64 kb (yes, kilobytes), this was all CP/M systems had in those days.
I have gained experience in a wide range of industries including Utilities, Retail, Insurance and the Motor Manufacturing industry. My clients and employers have included Northumbrian Water, Arcadia, Royal Sun Alliance, Nissan and Jaguar Landrover. I also worked for Sunderland University for 3 years preparing and delivering training courses in computing.
Times have changed, and the challenges are very different to what they were, but programming remains fun!
When not at my computer, I am often playing games.