My Distant Past
Education (School / College / University)
- Certificate of Secondary Education (CSE) (1986)
- General Certificate of Education (GCE) ‘O’ Level (1986)
- Youth Training Scheme (YTS) certificate (1987)
- Engineering Industry Training Board (EITB) certificate (1987)
- City and Guilds (C&G) certificate (1987)
- BTEC Ordinary National Certificate (ONC) (1989)
- Work placement (GEC) reports while at university in 1991 and 1992
- Staffordshire University final year project report (1993)
- Degree Exam Papers in: Maths, Materials Science, Robotics, Computer-Aided Design, Electrical Engineering, Control for Manufacture, Systems Engineering, Computer-Aided Manufacture (1993)
- Bachelor of engineering degree certificate (1993)
- US Universities applied to for studying an MSc in engineering (1993)
Awards & Accolades
- Prize for most improved YTS student (1988)
- Award for outstanding university project work (1993)
- Presenting skills competition awards from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (1993)
- Newspaper wizard article reporting the presentation skills competition (1993)
- Interview with the Today newspaper concerning the UK chancellor’s budget (1993)
- Graduate trainee newsletter article at GEC (1994)
My Recent Past
IT Security
- Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) certificate (1997)
- Compaq Accredited Systems Engineer certificate (1999)
- Windows Deployment and Roll-out the Barrel magazine articles published (2000)
- RealSecure Intrusion Detection Systems certificate (2002)
- British Computer Society membership certificate (2005)
- PKI training certificates I gave to muppets (2006)
- Smart Card Management Systems (ActivIdentity / HIDGlobal) certificate (2006)
- nCipher Certified Systems Engineer certificate (2006)
- Press release upon joining Oxford Computer Group (2007)
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certificate and example questions (2015)
- PKI training certificate I received from a muppet (2018)
My Present and Future
Volunteering
- Royal Voluntary Service newspaper article (2017)
- International Trauma Care conference presenting event (2018)
- NHS / university research into Return to Work After Trauma (ROWTATE 2019)
- Beth Johnson Foundation – tech buddy role (2020)
- Midlands Air Ambulance charity – tribute video (2020)
- Supporting the Headway charity with pragmatic IT security advice (2021)
- Befriending role on the Broadfield Ward of the Haywood hospital (2024)
Case Study Participation
- My story told by the AfterTrauma (Barts Hospital, London) organisation
- Article published by BrainLine – a US based multimedia project supporting people with brain injuries
- My story shared with the Headway brain injury association
- Articles published with Krysalis – neurological occupational therapy specialists
- Participation as a research champion with the UK NHS affiliated National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)
- Articles published by rehabilitationmatters.com, entitled My Impression of Rehabilitation and What Can the Patient Add?
Quotations
- “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give” – Winston Churchill
- “Volunteers don’t get paid – not because they’re worthless, but because they’re priceless” – Sherry Anderson
- “Altruism rocks” – Me 🙂