I was born in Ormskirk, Lancashire, United Kingdom, and I am currently living in Germany and working as a Senior Systems Engineer at Jamf.

Although I studied Geochemistry, and qualified with a Ph.D. studying Glacial Meltwater Chemistry at Aberystwyth University (read it here!), I didn’t succeed in that career, but soon realised my true talents lay in IT support. I have been lucky to work supporting the computing needs of teachers and academics in scientific institutions pretty much ever since, first as an IT Technician and Web Designer for a specialist technology school in Somerset, England, later as an IT Support Technician, Subject Specialist and Mac Specialist at Bristol University, and as a Senior Apple Systems Engineer at ETH Zürich in Switzerland.

At other times, I like to run, hike, cycle, climb/boulder, learn German, and travel the world.