Entrepreneurial style professional with experience as owner/manager of SME's and front-line business development for what was one of Europe’s largest beef processors thereby experiencing the full spectrum of commercial organisations, in terms of size and consequently developing a rare mix of skills encompassing both professional and entrepreneurial talents.

This skill-set has been augmented by the completion of a MBA in International Business Management, graduating with distinction (GPA 3.58) in October 2010 and a Higher Diploma in Science in IT Infrastructure graduating in May 2013 with first class honours. Also successfully completed the requirements for seven professional IT certificates from Cisco, VMware and Microsoft which highlights evidence of continual learning.

Bridging the gap between business and technology by being competent in the following;

• Cloud Computing: Microsoft Azure, VMware Cloud (VCA-C510)
• Networking: Cisco certified - CCENT, CCNA | MTA Networking Fundamentals (98-366)
• Servers: Windows Server 2012 | Windows Server 2008 R2 - MTA Server Fundamentals (98-365) | Linux (CentOS / Fedora)
• Operating Systems: Windows 10, 8, 7 - Microsoft Technology Associate OS Fundamentals (98-349)
• Virtualisation: VMware Data Center Virtualization (VCA-DC510)
• Authentication: Azure Active Directory, Samba4
• Database: MySQL