A little about me known by mates and or others as Old Skool living in Tenby Pembrokeshire otherwise known as little England beyond Wales. Moved here some 5 years ago (2005) after a divorce. A bit like coming home in a way as I'm Welsh by birth.

The area was a bit of a culture shock after 35 years working and playing in London but one of the better moves in my life once you become accustom to dealing with holiday makers ne Grockles.

After many years running my own business and latterly working a sales manager of a MS Software Development house running out of Bracknell and Cambridge. The concept was to work in a more relaxing environment and develop my Web Technology Skills hopefully to to create a more convivial work ethic.

Have a daughter who works for the Met Police based in London who specialises in GIS makes me look like an amateur when it comes to dosh. She has just finished her masters and is now pondering a PHD. Totally the reverse to myself other than an out of date MCSE during my time with the software house all my software development knowledge has been self taught and self financed. A real pain in the butt for your CV however I would rather work with up to date technology not out dated stuff.

My background has always been sales with a technical bias. Left college many years ago with a HNC in Engineering Design and spent a few years on the drawing board and Auto Cad (really early). Primarily working for a contractor attached to the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment (AWRE). The work was so top secret you never knew what you were working on so boring . An opportunity to work in specialist sales for a Material Handling company based in Birmingham (designing industrial storage areas and warehouses) quadrupled my salary overnight and provided my first company car Really Kool.

After 5-6 years moved on to 3M managing and setting up a contractor reseller network for Solar Control Film liked what I'd done so much I took one of the franchise areas myself. Sold the company in 1995 and moved into software.

For fun I live by the sea so I have a small boat (RIB). In the past spent many years Motor Racing (Circuit and Hill Climb) various categories mostly special saloon. So am an avid F1 fan. For my sins I'm sorry to say I'm also a football supporter Chelsea (not because of their money) went there for a trial when I was 14 years old and have supported them ever since. Obviously didn't get picked however but Ray Wilkins did who was with me on the day and at Hayes FC juniors Ray went on to become captain of Chelsea and England. In fact Ray is still there as assistant coach if only !!

Any way I'm always looking for new projects and am currently investigating a return to Software Sales in London for a product called Oxygen. Its prime function is helpdesk /incident tracking to the nth degree. Unlike most systems its proprietary not opensource but built an the opensource model with hooks every ware. The upshot is it can be used for tracking/initializing the response to every SLA and can be tailored to virtually any industry.

Overall I can work as a contractor or employee I don't mind either way as long as I'm working we all have bills to pay unless your a Banker!!