Who am I?

I didn’t start in IT. I started in the military. Thirteen years in the British Army taught me discipline, problem‑solving, and how to stay calm when everything around you is breaking.

When I left the forces, I traded rifles for laptops and stepped into a different kind of battlefield. Instead of patrols and kit checks, it was outages, broken scripts, and messy infrastructures that needed fixing. The pressure was different, but the approach was the same: stay calm, strip the problem down, fix what’s right in front of me.

This site is my way of sharing that journey. The wins and the mistakes. The late‑night fixes that saved the day, and the scripts I built to save time for the next time. It isn’t polished. It isn’t corporate. It isn’t theory. It’s real IT, the kind you only learn by being knee‑deep in chaos and figuring it out the hard way.

If you’ve ever been thrown into a problem with no manual, you’ll feel at home here. Grab a coffee and get stuck in.

The ARMOUR I wear every day.

The same principles that kept me grounded in the military - my own ARMOUR - guide how I work in IT today. They’re raw, simple, and proven where it matters.

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Plans fail. Things change. In the field or in IT, being flexible means staying effective, adjust fast, improvise, and keep moving.

Adaptability

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Resilience

The military taught me to keep going when things get rough, and to make do with whatever’s at hand. In IT, the same applies: stay calm under pressure, bounce back from failures, and use whatever tools you’ve got to solve the problem. Grit and creativity go hand in hand.

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Know what matters most and prioritise it. In uniform, it was the mission. In IT, it’s keeping people working and systems running.

Mission First

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Ownership

Own what you do; good and bad. If I break something, I fix it. If I solve it, I share it. Trust comes from accountability.

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I stay curious. Every broken system, every new challenge sparks questions, why did it fail, how can it be better, what can I learn from it? Curiosity keeps me improving long after the job’s done.

Unending Curiosity

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Reliability

In the military, your team needs to know they can count on you. In IT, it’s the same, being dependable under pressure builds trust. Reliability isn’t just about showing up; it’s about earning respect through consistent actions and keeping standards high when it matters most.

Call to Action

They run through every project I’ve built and every post I write. If you’re curious about the tools I’ve created or the lessons I’ve learned the hard way, head over to the Blog & Builds section and dive in.