About me

First and foremost, I have a love of IT. For many in business, it can be a love / hate relationship, particularly as now in the 21^st Century we are so reliant on everything being automated and seamlessly connected, without failures.

I’m also very lucky. I have never hated my job, and I’ve been doing it for more than 30 years.

There are often preconceptions when it comes to IT and dealing with IT companies or consultants. Many do unfortunately hide behind the technical jargon of systems, software and hardware. This isn’t how I approach working with businesses. As well as being an approachable person myself, the best skill I have is listening and understanding a business’s problems, not just offering an IT solution for the sake of it.

I started in IT as a 17-year-old in an electronics factory where my dad worked. Even then my eye for detail and problem-solving approach was put to good use. I designed a system to record all the faults detected when circuit boards were tested. This data was then collated and forwarded onto the product engineering department where they could utilise it to improve business processes and ultimately improve productivity.

A move to Wales in my early career created a path working with Sage accounting software at a time when this was the first business process that needed to be automated, closely followed by payroll.