My Distant Past
Education
Awards and Articles
- Awards for Outstanding University Project Work and Presenting (1993)
- Institution of Mechanical Engineers - Presenting Awards (1993)
- Newspaper Wizard Article on Presentation Skills Competition (1993)
- Graduate Trainee Newsletter Article at GEC (1994)
- Today Newspaper Comments on the UK Chancellor's Budget (1994)
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My Recent Past
Information Technology Security
- Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) Certificate (1997)
- Compaq Accredited Systems Engineer (Hardware) Certificate (1999)
- Windows Deployment and Roll-out the Barrel Magazine Articles Published (2000)
- RealSecure Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) Certificate (2002)
- British Computer Society (BCS) Membership Certificate (2005)
- PKI Training Certificates I Gave to Muppets (2006)
- Smart Card Management Systems (ActivIdentity / HIDGlobal) Certificate (2006)
- nCipher nShield Certified Systems Engineer (nCSE) Certificate (2006)
- Press Release when Joining Oxford Computer Group (2007)
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) Certificate (2015)
- PKI Training Certificate I Received from a Muppet (2018)
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My Present and Future
Volunteering
- Royal Voluntary Service (RVS) Newspaper Article (2017)
- International Trauma Care Conference Presenting Certificate and Paraphernalia (2018)
- NHS / University Research (ROWTATE) Trauma Survivors Returning to Work (2019)
- Brain Trauma Patient Discharge Advice Note I Wrote for the NHS (2019)
- Beth Johnson Foundation Tech Buddy (2020)
- Trauma Case Study Participation with AfterTrauma, BrainLine, Headway and the Centre for Trauma Sciences (2020)
- Midlands Air Ambulance Charity (MAAC) Shop Warehouse Sorting and Tribute (2020)
- During the pandemic I was unable to directly support people in my tech buddy role, so I devised other approaches to help people manage their passwords (2021)
Quotations
- From what we get we can make a living, from what we give we can make a life (Arthur Ashe)
- Volunteers don't get paid - not because they're worthless, but because they're priceless (Sherry Anderson)
- Altruism rocks (Me :-)