Professional Life

I am a Full-Stack Applications Developer for a FTSE 100 company, working on Line of Business applications.  These are primarily coded in C#.NET.  There are also a number of legacy applications written in VB6 that we are in the process of re-hosting in ASP.NET MVC5 and using Entity Framework 6.

I am currently the SCRUM Master and integral member of an Agile team who are developing a Dashboard for Project Managers incorporating information for a disparate number of external applications, using SSIS, SSAS, and SSRS.

My particular interests lie in using Microsoft's Reporting Services technology to provide comprehensive reporting facilities to the business.  I am also responsible for the strategy of delivering our applications using Microsoft's ClickOnce technology.

You'll often find me on Stack Overflow imparting my knowledge, particularly regarding Reporting Services.

In addition I have the following Microsoft qualifications

• Microsoft Certified Professional, and
• Microsoft Specialist in Programming in C#

I am a Microsoft Certified Professional, and a Microsoft Specialist in Programming in C#.

Personal Life

I am a father to two (rapidly growing) children who enjoy nothing more than eating, gluing, sticking, and making other forms of mess.

I am the Secretary of Rochester Cycle Club, and enjoy going on rides – both on the Road and on the Track at the Olympic Park.

I'm fully accreditated to ride indoor velodromes, across the UK, and regualarly take part in traiing sessions at the Lee Valley (Olympic) Velodrome.