Former IT Manager, with many years experience in IT as a Senior Systems and Network Engineer.

I took a career break from IT to expand who I was as a person, working on expanding my people skills, learning how to motivate people, and get the best from them.  I became a qualified Children's Swimming Instructor in 2016  and studied Early Childhood Education during COVID lockdowns in 2020.

I have helped many children with their development in all areas; physical, social, emotional, psychological, communication and language.  It has been very rewarding to work in early childhood for a number of years, and I have learnt a lot that I can bring into a corporate IT environment.

I enjoy technology and tinkering with computers. I play with hardware and software and am comfortable woring on the command line, and playing with varius Linux Distros thanks to Ventoy enabling me to boot various distros from the one USB stick, such as Tails, Parrot OS, Kali Linux, Debian, etc.  Next I plan to play with Whonix and Qubes.  I can talk to you about data breaches and cybersecurity and password managers long after you've lost interest!  Just kidding - it's fascinating and you'll never get bored when you have me passionately sharing interesting stories with you. (Thanks to Jack Rysider and Darknet Diaries.)

I have a lifelong love of the water and of aquatic environments and enjoy passing this passion and joy on to children or anyone who'll listen to me!  ;-)

I enjoy interacting with people and am a friendly person by nature, who's very approchable and affable.  I work well with teams, and am equally happy and productive by myself.