My Achievements

As I mentioned in the About Me page, I have gone through a rich set of life-skills.

Some of these are:

I'm Co-Founder, Managing Director and Software Engineer at Tekanero Ltd.

  • Active since 2013
  • Check out my Tankmonitor I did through Tekanero.
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I completed my B.Sc. Honours Degree at Dublin IT.

  • My final year project (DITO) has been a finalist project at the Accenture Technology Solutions and Innovation Award.
  • I completed this 4 year degree in just 3 years (by transferring subjects from my Technical High school).
  • My results were amongst the top 30% of my class.
  • DIT has been named as one of the world's top 100 Universities under 50 years of age.

I'm a hobby Photographer, but I also did a few paid jobs and had some of my images published:

  • In 2007 I did product photos to produce a wholesale catalogue for Cathy Prendergast
  • I took property photos for the sale of a Villa in Spain
  • My images of the IFSC Dublin appear with in the German Magazine Versicherungswirtschaft
  • One of my early photos made it into the cover of the local newspaper Heilbronner Stimme
  • One of my images has made it onto Wikipedia articles in 12 different languages and onto other articles across the web.
One of my photos from the International Financial Center in Dublin which has been published.

I worked as a Localization Video Game Testerr at Activision.

  • You can find me in the credits of some of games (I worked on a few more).

I consider myself as being relatively good at DIY:

  • I did camper conversions on vans.
  • I renovated a few houses.
  • I work with wood, metal.
  • I can work with most types of paint.
  • I install solar setups and can do most basic wiring in cars.
  • I do work on my own cars and motorbikes.
  • I do repair work on electronic and IT equipment.
Making parts for ceiling lights in my dads workshop

I have worked in a few heavy industries jobs and locations:

  • LNG Gas Plants
  • Iron Ore Mines (shutdown work at Rio Tinto Mesa J)
  • Ports (as yard operator at Woodside and Mermaid Marine)
  • Ships (as a TA and Fire watch doing boat mobs on numerous offshore supply vessels)
  • I have gotten numerous High Risk work licenses:
    • Forklift (I moved heavy loads with a 16t machine)
    • Working at Heights
    • Confined Space Entry
    • Maritime Security Induction
  • I assisted with very heavy crane operations (rig mooring anchors, 12t chains, drill pipe)
  • I prepared drill pipe and well casing for off-shore gas drilling.
  • I prepared items for Quarantine
Some of my work locations and jobs.

I have managed a caravan Park

  • As temporary Relief Manager at the Dampier Transit Caravan Park

I have experience as a Sales Person.

I have extensive experience of life and travel in across the globe:

  • Visiting most major European Cities.
  • Riding over 50.000km by motorbike through South East Asia: from Thailand, through Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos and Back in several trips.
  • Driving over 80.000km through Australia covering every state and over 8000km of dirt.
  • Living in Thailand for 2 Years and hold a Thai Driving license.
    • Learning the basics of the Language and the Thai Alphabet.
    • Organizing a motorcycle group where we did weekly outings into Countryside.
  • Living in Ireland for 3 years.
  • Living in Spain for 6 months.
  • Living in the UK 4 months.
  • I'm a Permanent Resident in Australia
    • I organized the Visa and all processes myself.
    • I organized the transport of motor vehicles into the country.
Images of some of my trips and journeys.
.. More is to come.