I was born in Scarborough in the UK in 1971 and have lived in many different places such as Australia (12 years), Greece (4 years) , Miami and The Caribbean (2 years), Poland (1 year), UK (10 years) and the rest of the time in Spain.

I am settled down now permanently in Marbella in Spain with my lovely wife (since 2000) and beautiful daughter who arrived in October 2005.

So what do I do now?
Although I have dabbled in many interesting things, my main job right now (the one that pays the bills) is running 123 Marbella Web Design which is a small web design and internet consultancy I founded after moving to Spain in 2000.

I have just over 1200 clients who I do domain registration, hosting, email services, web design and consulting for.

To maintain this level of business it does mean I have to be a 6 day a week guy, sometimes 7 days if the going is tough and we have a lot on. I wake in the morning around 8am and work through to about 10pm. Yep, being self employed is not all flash cars and fancy dinners!

Its an interesting job and I have to be very hands on with having to deal with web servers, internet security, programming, technical support…well you get the idea, I am essentially the oily rag.

Because we run a solid hosting set up though, we rarely have technical problems so I don’t have to spend too much time on problems.

Here are few of my online businesses:
123 Marbella Web Design | www.123marbella.net
Marbella Guide | www.marbellaguide.com
High Speed Web Services | www.high-speed-web-services.com
Uk Cheap Hosts | www.ukcheaphosts.com

So what do I know?
So, in regards to the internet, what do I know? Hmmmm. Good Question.

Well, whilst most people opt to specialise in one or two subjects, I basically specialise and take a deep interest in a whole ream of them!

I have in depth knowledge of all the following subjects:-

- Web Design and Usability
- Programming
- Databases
- Web to SMS development
- SMS to Database development
- Enom API and general API work
- Software Development for WIndows XP +
- DNS
- Graphic Design
- Google Maps + Geocoding
- Web Server Management (nix and windows)
- Search Engine Optimisation
- Online and Offline Marketing
- Content Writing
- Running Online Businesses
- Affiliate Marketing
- Technical Support to Clients
- Project Management
- Internet Security
- Spam Management
- WordPress

What Programming Languages can I code?
I am capabale of programming in the following languages.

Classic ASP, PHP, HTML, CSS, XML, XSL, Flash, Javascript. I have been meaning to make the tranition over to .net but not had the time. I am currently starting to get interested in developing mobile applications for nokia phones using J2ME.

What tools do I use to code?
For my wireframes I use SmartDraw and any diagrams I need to knock out I use Microsoft Visio.

For web design and actual hand coding I chop and change between Dreamweaver CS, MS Visual Studio and Notepad.

For web graphic design I use Macromedia Fireworks which is still a great web graphics tool and for logo design and business card/stationary I use Illustrator.

What server side software can I confidently manage?
I can manage the following servers related hardware and software, no problems.

- Windows 2003
- SQL Server 2005
- MySQL
- Unix Centos running Cpanel
- Imail Server up to 8.12
- Alligate Gateway
- Sonic Wall SOHO
- Declude 4 +

More coming soon….