I've been privileged to have spent nearly all my career writing software applications which, hopefully, do just that.
Background
My IT career started back in the days when programmers were strange bearded creatures, who worked in air conditioned rooms with wardrobe sized computers.
My first job was typing program code onto punch cards for a computer company. When I was caught working out what the code was doing, I was seconded to the programming department and, apart from a few years 'career break' playing in a band, have been coding ever since.
Over the years I've worked with all sorts of organisations, large and small, in sectors ranging from hospitality to engineering, cuddly toys to financial services.
All this varied experience has taught me that technology has to work for people and not the other way round!
Qualifications
Regrettably, I never did manage to find the time to go to college but, hopefully, my 30+ years experience says enough.
When I'm Not At Work
When I'm not wrestling with code I'm usually found in our 5 acre grounds in rural Dumfriesshire, wrestling with brambles and nettles, chopping logs for our stoves, growing fruit and vegetables and turning the surplus into wine.
My two teenage sons also keep me busy, although these days my main role seems to be a taxi driver!
If I get the chance, I love to write and record music or bang out a song on my acoustic.
