What is your job title?
Total Quality Manager

What do you do?
I have overall responsibility for the quality of forensic work produced by CCL-Forensics and ensuring customers' quality requirements are achieved.  Together with the management team I achieve strategic objectives, effective delivery of quality and assist developing strategy.   I also line manage our dedicated ISO manager and quality controller.

How did you get here?
After spending 12 years in the Royal Navy in the Radio Electrical Branch I joined Thames Valley Police. In 1992 whilst in the Fraud Squad I developed the Computer Forensics.  In early 2000 I was seconded to the Home Office to assist the development and operate a specialists Digital Forensic unit relating to encryption on behalf of Law Enforcement.  Having retired from the Police I have worked in the private sector where I gained experience of the commercial side of Computer Forensics.
 
Favourite part of the job?
Perfection has always been my ultimate goal and therefore I enjoy the challenge of making CCL Forensics the best digital forensic company in the United Kingdom.

Who do you look up to?
Musically - Robert Plant, for guts & determination - Valentino Rossi and for achieving high standards - Gordon Ramsay

How do you spend your spare time?
Playing bowls competitively, walking, golf (sometimes I do this together due to the amount of time I spend looking for my ball) and anything to do with music. With my wife and close friends we run a quiz in our local pub once a month raising money for local charities and good causes.

What's been the worst job you've ever had?
During my time in the Royal Navy I was drafted for a year to a Radio Station on the Island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. It was such a hard posting (all that sun & sand) that if CCL Forensics would like to open a new Lab there I would be prepared to go and man it, knowing no one else would want the job!!!.  

What's your best joke?
Being ex forces and ex Police my jokes are not always printable but if you want to buy me a social drink sometime I would be prepared to share them with you.