SIPBS Head of IT
In 1995 I gained a BSc in Pharmacology from the University of Glasgow, but decided to change focus and returned to complete an MSc in Information Technology the following year. After completing this course I worked as a freelance IT consultant, primarily working with database systems and the emerging internet/ web systems for clients including Scottish Enterprise, Glasgow Development Agency, Glasgow and Strathclyde Universities as well as various small local companies & organisations. In 1998 I began to work at Strathclyde, in a post split between the Bioscience, Immunology, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Physiology & Pharmacology departments to develop web-based teaching and learning materials. The post evolved over the years, my departments merged together forming Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences (SIPBS) and I took on the management and development of multiple departmental, faculty and university wide web-systems. In 2016 I took on the responsibility of managing the 5-person IT team in SIPBS.