About Me

I've been working in the software industry for nearly 15 years and have worn several different hats in that time. Initially I was a Java Software Engineer but I quickly ended up performing the duties of a System Administrator as I insited on running Linux instead of the corporate standard of Windows. Soon I was administering databases and engineering distributed systems.

With the advent of Site Reliability Engineering I now have a title that matches what I've always been doing. By combining my software & systems engineering skills with my system & database administration experience I now work with public cloud providers helping organisations to migrate and make better use of them.

As a Data Engineer I have been working with organisations to help them adopt Big Data and Machine Learning, often as part of a cloud adoption project. I assist in educating engineers in the paradigm shift from the traditional model-first warehousing approach to the model-on-demand data lake approach.

I'm an advocate of open source software having made use of it exhaustively throughout my career. I have made contributions to PostgreSQL, YAWL and Terraform.

AWS Certified Developer - Associate AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional
AWS Certified Security - Specialty AWS Certified Big Data - Specialty AWS Certified Machine Learning - Specialty

Google Cloud Certified - Professional Cloud Architect Google Cloud Certified - Professional Data Engineer

Client Testimonials

  • Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.

    Rick Cook, The Wizardry Compiled

  • And through the window in the wall
    Come streaming in on sunlight wings
    A million bright ambassadors of morning

    Pink Floyd, Echoes

  • Evil is even,
    truth is an odd number
    and death is a full stop

    Flann O'Brien, At Swim-Two-Birds

  • I could be a genius if I just put my mind to it,
    And I,
    I could do anything if only I could get round to it

    PULP, Glory Days