About

Activities

Giving back through BashMash, directing The GIST Foundation, organising ShNUG (the Sheffield .NET User Group), learning and networking at GeekUp Sheffield and Unsheffield.

Interests

Agile development, automated testing, behavior driven development, extreme programming, object oriented programming, systems management, test driven development, web development, ASP.NET, C#, Ruby.

Play

Reading Andy McNab, visiting North Cyprus, living in Rotherham, supporting the Sheffield Steelers.

Professional

Master of Computer Science (from The University of Sheffield), Member of BCS (and the BCS South Yorkshire branch).

Work

Managing Director of epiGenesys Ltd, a software company wholly owned by The University of Sheffield, where I am ensuring the successful delivery of our projects, improving our processes and infrastructure, and developing our unique brand. I am also heavily involved in the coaching and mentoring of our students from the Department of Computer Science, ranging from second year undergraduates to fourth year masters students, and am a member of the Department’s Industrial Liaison Board.