Biography
Since taking an interest in computers at the age of 14, Alex has been on a journey through the ever-developing world of IT.
Kicking off his career in IT at a computing consultancy firm as a Saturday Job whilst still at school, it was inevitable that Alex’s career would follow the path of IT, problem solving and computing.
After finishing his studies, Alex took his next step up the career ladder with Portsmouth-based Novatech where he began in Technical Support before moving onto become a Technical Advisor.
Alex then moved to become an NOC Engineer in Southampton, looking after the kit that runs the system.
Two years later, Alex moved to Cheshire to try his hand in Freelancing before joining Tiscali as a NOC Engineer followed by a promotion as the NOC Manager.
In 2003 Alex was offered the exciting opportunity make the leap across the pond to the Big Apple, New York, working as a Systems Administrator.
As Amazon continued to grow during this time, Alex made the move to become their Senior Linux Engineer, before joining Rackspace.
After a brief spell away from work, Alex joined CRD Ltd (now known as GB Group PLC) as a Linux Systems Administrator in January 2012. By January 2014, Alex returned to freelancing before joining the Jupix team in April 2014 as Systems Administrator.
With a wide skill-set and a clear love of IT technology, Alex is on hand to work alongside the Development team in looking after, monitoring and working within the Jupix platform.
Philosophy
Growing up, my father had always tried to coax me into IT, although it wasn’t until I was 14 that I found a real love for it. I always wanted to find ways in which to make it better, so I tried my hand at trouble-shooting and found that I had quite a skill for it.
Lynux is not only part of my career, it is also my hobby. I started looking into it when it was in its infancy, and have watched it develop and grow.
I pride myself on thinking outside the box in terms of problem solving, as well as working around problems and coming up with solutions.
I have always been instilled with a good work ethic from a young age, and that is something that drives me within my career.
Life and Interests
With a love of fast cars, I would say that it is certainly my first love when spending time away from the office.
I am also a self-confessed sci-fi lover including everything from Star Trek to Dr Who; as well as an “audiophile”, with a love focussed around out-of-this-world headphones.
My work is also my hobby, so in general taking work home and testing new technologies is a joy.