Currently running emcom, an Internet Services company based in the Clyde Valley of Lanarkshire I specialise in website design, search engine optimisation, website marketing and social media marketing and training and ecommerce application development services to small, medium and large companies.I have worked in a variety of roles for a number of leading IT suppliers, and also as an e-Business Adviser within the Scottish Enterprise Network.Advocate of Crypyo Currencies and helping people look at ways of making an income from this exciting money revolution.

I had a short term contract position supported by European Funding where I worked as a Broadband/eBusiness Adviser in conjunction with Scottish Enterprise in the Lanarkshire area.The main focus of my activities• Promoting the business benefits of Broadband and helping to stimulate demand within the Lanarkshire business community• Managed the local Broadband Demonstration Centre nework of connted devices and INternet Connectivity• Run weekly Broadband workshops • I met with clients to advise and demonstrate how information, internet and communication technologies could improve their competitiveness. The aim was to provide impartial, practical advice suited to the needs of local companies.

I had a one year contract working as an eCommerce Business Adviser in conjunction with Scottish Enterprise in the Forth Valley area.• I met with clients to advise and demonstrate how information, internet and communication technologies can improve their competitiveness. The aim was to provide impartial, practical advice suited to the needs of local companies.• Help establish the local Broadband Demonstration Centre• Helped clients to develop and implement an e-business strategy.• Run training workshops on various eBusiness activities

Data General, Livingston;Pre Sales Systems Engineer August 1997 – December 1999Whilst working at Data General I provided a professional level of technical support to the Data General sales activity in Scotland and Ireland.This includeed:• Participating in the Sales Qualification process.• Providing guidance and consultation to prospective customers.• Participating in sales calls and reviewing prospect’s technical and business requirements and identified appropriate Data General solutions based on Open System technologies such as Intel Processors and the Windows NT Operating Systems environment• Managing the demonstration environment • Developing and designing proposed solutions and assisting in the production of customer proposals.• Assisting in the review and response to RFP’s, RFI’s and ITT’s by supplying technical product information, validated configurations, and where possible provided creative solutions to customer requirements.• Providing local support for desktop and server products to non-technical staff within the office • Managing demonstration facilities as well as office departmental Intranet web sites.• Undertaking customer presentations and demonstrations both at company locations, trade shows and customer sites.• Installed pilot environments for customer evaluation of envisaged IT solutions.