About

I am a 29 year old from the Isle of Man, living in London and working as a Drupal developer and occasional freelance web developer. I'm interested in all things geographic and enjoy some photography in my free time.

Work

I have been building websites with Drupal, the open source content management system, since the end of 2005.

Working first as a Drupal developer and then a Solution Architect at M.C. Dean and their subsidiary OpenBand, I was helping to build internal social networking and collaboration websites for government related clients. After consulting on those projects for a further year, I moved on to become the Lead Drupal Developer at a small company in London called Inteeka.

In addition to my day job, I also take on some smaller freelance web development projects to help out individuals and small organisations.

Hobbies

For a long time I've been interested in photography stemming from taking photos on family holidays and gradually growing over the years capturing some of the beautiful scenery of the Isle of Man and chasing around trying to take photos of breathtaking sunsets on the west coast of the Island, then taking more urban photos while traveling and living away from the Island.

Education

Having finished "A" levels in the Isle of Man, I moved to Manchester to start a BSc in Computing and Geography with Industrial Experience at UMIST - now part of the University of Manchester - with an eye to bringing my two biggest interests from school together into a single topic. While the two topics remained largely distinct, the areas in which they crossed over (e.g. Geographic Information Systems, Remote Sensing) were the most interesting to me, and shaped the subject of my final year dissertation, a website aimed at students that helped them find available student accommodation based on geographic search criteria such as their general location as well as their proximity to the university, transport links and other amenities.

The course included a year in which we had the opportunity to get some experience in industry. I worked for Reuters for a year as a Web Developer, maintaining their Graduate Opportunities website.

My desire to learn more about the cross-over between the Geography and Computing led me to start an MSc in Geographic Information Science at UCL in London, from which I graduated with a Distinction in 2005.

Curriculum Vitae

If you want to find out more information about any of these topics, you can view my CV or get in touch with me.