About Me

History.

The reason I have set up this site is to let you know who I am and what I do including some details and aspects of my life.

I have been involved with computers, computing technologies and the telecommunications industry for about 25 years. My career beginings started in plastics and electronics engineering, and it was a natural transition for me to move into information technology.

I was born in Whakatane, New Zealand in 1958 and grew up in a mid sized mainly company town Kawerau, that is most of the towns inhabitants worked for the same company. We even had a siren waking everyone up at 6am to get ready for work.

My grandfather Harold Ion was the headmaster of the school I went to and then became deputy mayor. It was a close knit community.

Milk was delivered by horse when I was small and so the town had an overall quaintness about it that I'll never forget.

We moved to Rotorua when I was 11. A midsized city with a large lake, Rotorua is a popular tourist destination and the cultural heart of indiginous New Zealand. There I continued my education and enjoyed city living.

When I was 18 I moved to Auckland where I trained in plastics engineering. This included setting up and programming plastics injection moulding machines.

At 22 I moved to Sydney Australia, where I continued my plastics career and then migrated into computing technologies. This I found very exciting and embraced it with a passion. I studied hard and found this grounding handy and very rewarding.

Life in Sydney is great and full of excitment and opportunities. I love it here and Sydney is the best city in the world in my opinion.

I became a computer consultant and enjoy developing business relationships with many clients I have met over the years. This activity I still continue to pursue today.

"This page is still being updated."

Hard at work

What a job!

I have a strong work ethic and love my work. Being creative is one of my better strengths. The IT industry can be tough but I'm always up to the challenge. (A job with frustrations? Hard to believe, huh?)

I studied music for many years and I still pursue this art-form with a passion.

Playing guitar has always been my favourite but I play keyboard, harmonica and didgeridoo as well. Recently I have been involved in producing music with computer technology and combining this with acoustic and electric guitar to create mixes of electronica, ambient and surreal aural textures of sound.

Another aspect of this experience has enabled me to be able to record other artists to mix and produce a true hi-fidelity enriched sound recording.

Favorites

Here's a list of some of my favorite movies:

Sin City, Manhattan, The Day After Tomorrow. Kill Bill.

Here's a list of some of my favorite music:

Joe Satriano, Enigma, Mozart, Steve Vai,

Yngwie Malmsteen, Beethoven