First Created: 1998. Minor Reviews: 2003,2005,2010,2012,2018,2020
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My fascination with travels around the world, navigation, software development, composing and playing melodies has led me to achieve highest qualifications of my ambitions, Master Mariner and MSc. Software Development (Scientific Computing).

From a very young age, I was fascinated with the world as a globe. After leaving school, I entered into a profession where I sailed around the world for many years becoming a navigator. Navigation has evolved from ancient and traditional methods. Although fascinated with the GPS technology I have learnt navigation with traditional and ancient methods using celestial objects, i.e. Sun, Moon, Planets, Stars and global meteorological systems.

Following is my favourite quote from the last chapter of one of my early learning books - Munro's Navigation

"Now this is not the end, it is not even the beginning of the end, but it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning."
(Sir Winston Churchill)
Sea to C++ and beyond
After completing high school education I started my career in the shipping industry operating worldwide. After many years of service at sea I decided to alter the course of my professional life and stepped into the IT industry. In the field of computer science I started from the days of GW-Basic (a dialect of IBM Basica) to the most advanced concepts of object oriented programming in C++, visual C++ and Java programming. However my major strengths were always Microsoft development platforms and web systems technologies.
The 180° turn took at least 10 years.
IT Consultant: (Technology/Solutions Architect)
As a technology/solutions architect, I provide consultancy services to major organizations in the private and public sectors, tranforming their legacy systems hosted on-premises infrastructure into the modernized cloud based technologies or on-premises virtualized infrastructure.

During the early 1990's after stepping into the IT industry, I started developing distributed software systems, i.e. client/server and web based applications using varying technologies and programming languages. Towards the end of the first decade of 2020, the IT Infrastrucutre started moving towards virtlization and service provider model, e.g. IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service), PaaS (Platform as a Service), SaaS (Software as a Service), DBaaS (Database as a Service) etc. From the knowlege and experience gained over many years of software development, I transitioned into the systems architecture roles designing and implementing software systems on the virtulaized infrastructure and cloud based services:

Education
  • MSc. Software Development (Scientific Computing) - University of Huddersfield
  • Master Mariner, CLASS 1 Deck Officer (MCA DOT) - John Moores University Liverpool
  • BTEC HND Part 2 (Nautical Science), CLASS 2 Deck Officer - South Tyneside College
  • BTEC HND Part 1 (Nautical Science), CLASS 3/4 Deck Officer - South Tyneside College
Training Courses
  • Google Cloud Platform: Core Infrastructure.
  • TOGAF 9.1 (The Open Group Architecture Framework).
  • Energy Trading Introduction & Natural Gas Fundamentals. Energy Management Institute New York, NY.
  • ArcGIS Introduction Course. University of Saskatchewan. SK.
  • MCSD .NET courses for Microsoft technologies.
  • Several CBT (Computer Based Training) Programs:
    o Microsoft Azure Cloud Technologies
    o Amazon Web Services
    o Object Oriented Analysis and Design Using UML
    o Software Development & Systems Integration
  • Global Marine Distress and Safety System (GMDSS), INMARSAT Systems - Gravesend Sea College, Kent
  • Ship's Safety Officer; Health and Safety at work legislation - Gravesend Sea College, Kent
  • Radiotelephony, Marine Radio Communication Systems - South Tyneside College, South Shields
  • Navigation Control Course & Electronic Navigation Systems - South Tyneside College, South Shields
  • Survival at sea, Fire Fighting, First Aid, Ship Captain's Medical Training and many other courses - South Tyneside College, South Shields
  • Deck Cadet 42 months seatime and distant learning - Warsash Nautical College Southampton
Technology Experience
  • Numerous Technologies experience (since 1988 with continuous evolution of new technologies)