| 2000: Completed A-Levels at Longbenton Community College, North Tyneside |
| 2000-2001: Year in Industry Placement with power supply manufacturers Lite-On Ltd |
| The aim of this project was to examine two software systems to see how Lite-On Ltd could make better use of them. The systems in question were the Avante business system and the Q-Pulse quality management system. The project highlighted a number of possible improvements |
| 2001-2004: Undergraduate student in the School of Computing Science at the University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne |
| 2003: STEP Placement with mains-connected water cooler suppliers Hepscott Water Systems |
| During this eight-week summer placement, I designed and implemented the initial version of the company's database system |
| 2004: Commenced PhD |
| 2007: Submitted Thesis and started work as a Research Associate |
| 2008: Awarded PhD |
| 2009: Began work on CVR project | 2010: Also started work as a Teaching Assistant, later Teaching Fellow. | 2011-2013: Computing Science REF administrator. | 2015: Won Teaching Excellence Award for Innovative Teaching Methods (SAgE Faculty). | 2017: Promoted to Lecturer. |