I was born and brought up in Liverpool, England and moved to the south of the country in the 1970’s. I am a published photographer with my images appearing in publications in both the USA and Australia and the author of several books on Amazon Kindle store.

I have qualifications in Computing and Software Engineering and a Post-Compulsory Education degree. After becoming a Microsoft Master Instructor in the 1980’s I was granted Microsoft Certified Trainer status in 2009.

As a former college lecturer I spent years in the classroom teaching people how to use software packages. . I still train several software packages, including the Microsoft Office suite, Visio, Project and Adobe Photoshop and am a big fan of open-source software. I use and train WordPress and Camtasia Studio.