About me
I graduated in summer 2006 with a first classs honours degree in Internet Computing from the Centre for Internet Computing, University of Hull, Scarborough Campus. Please see my BSc Information for details about my results and projects.
I am currently researching Autonomous Sensor Networks and Delay Tolerant Networking at University College Dublin (UCD), for details of my research please see my PhD Information and publications.
Previous Experiences
My previous experience spans a broad range of roles and positions, I worked for a number of years as an Operator for British Telecom before joining AXA PPP Healthcare as a Personal Advisor. I also worked in a warehouse, stationary shop and a designer jeans shop for a while after leaving school
After leaving full time work to go to university I undertook a number of part-time positions including numerous bar jobs, two weeks as the Hastings Old Town Festival Official Photographer, Poll Clerk and a mobile home valet.
Core Skills
- Research
- Networking and Distributed Systems
- Forensic evidence acquisition (using ACPO Guidelines) and analysis using industry standard tools (i.e. EnCase & FTK etc.).
- Java application development with networking and GUIs.
- Basic C# .NET development of mobile device applications.
- Web development with PHP, Apache (& JSP with Tomcat), xHTML, CSS, MySQL and PostgreSQL.
- Working knowledge of Windows, Linux, BSD and hardware maintenance.
- I have strong communication skills and I am a committed team player.