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 for Presentation Skills Competition (1993)
- Graduate Trainee Newsletter Article at GEC (1994)
- Today Newspaper Interview Regarding the UK Chancellor’s Budget (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
- 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) 🙂