1. Which superhero character would you be?
James Bond – The closest to what I do now, love the BMWs, like
the Omega watches and gadgets, love the Girls, rather more
charismatic and a little more realism than your average Batman or
Superman
2. What gadget would you most like in your Xmas
stocking?
Acer Aspire One – Excellent little 8.9” screen, 120 Gig Hard
drive, all the ports you need, integrated webcam and mic, cracking
little Linux box, Wi-Fi b&g, saw one in Curry’s the other day,
a bargain at £199 – Gets awesome reviews
3. What is your first technology memory?
Amiga A1200 – This was the daddy of home computing for a short
while, however it was my very first computer and that’s where it
all started for me, spring 1993.
4. Why did you choose a career in IT?
I purchased my first PC in 1996 an Olivetti notebook 25Mhz DX,
4MB Ram, 250 MB Hard disk, Windows 3.1, I loved it so much, shortly
after I got stationed in Canada, where IT was so much cheaper than
Europe and that’s when I started building PCs. I was hooked; I then
decided it was to be my future one way or another.
5. How can IT make a difference to people’s lives?
Remember the shortages of bullets, body armour and other
supplies in the first Gulf War; do you know why? They could not
find the correct containers in among the thousands of others at
Camp Fox, a huge storage site. Now we track them with RFID tags and
bar code technology, if we need something urgent we can call it in
from a ship, a port or air head, get it in the air and arrive it
where and when it is required and that can be anything from blood,
to bullets or humanitarian aid. With an electronic supply chain you
can pin point any consignment around the world and that includes
all our field hospital supplies, which support not only soldiers
but local civilian’s lives.