Education
4 university degrees in engineering and science.
PhD Network Performance Management Using Software Mobile Agents (1998-2003) University of Surrey, UK
Research work of an interdisciplinary nature covering aspects of network management, software engineering, distributed systems and software mobility (full scholarship awarded throughout).
Published 12 research papers on distributed systems and network management. Co-authored the book: "Mobile Intelligent Agents Applied to Communication Management Systems", CRC press.
Acted as an invited reviewer of submitted papers for prestigious international IEEE conferences on distributed systems and network management (IM, DSOM, NOMS, etc).
MSc Telematics (Telecommunications & Computer Engineering) (1997-1998) University of Surrey, UK
Subjects included: Microprocessor Architectures, Communication Networks, Object Oriented Design in C++/Java, Computer and Data Networks, Multimedia and Databases.
Project: Development in C of a Motion-JPEG video codec suitable for handheld devices.
BEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering (1994-1997) University of Wales, Cardiff, UK
Subjects included: Communications Engineering, Computer Programming (C/C++, Pascal and Assembly), Computer Engineering, Engineering Management.
Project: Development of a C++ program for control engineering graphs and reports (1st class grade awarded). The work included a full software design phase carried out in Rational Rose.
Dip Natural Sciences (1999-2003) Open University, UK
Subjects included: Astronomy and Planetary Science, Space-time and Cosmology, Earth and Life.
