Biography
Education
- 2:1 Honours degree in Mechanical Engineering from Dundee College of Technology.
- Certified Ethical Hacker.
- Trained Internal and External Penetration tester (Firstbase technologies).
Employment
1999 - Present -聽Lecturer in Computing -聽University of Abertay Dundee
2000-03 -聽Shareholder and Programmer (Communications and database programmer) -聽ABS Advanced Biometric Systems, Greenock, Scotland.
1994-98 -聽Lecturer in Mechatronics -聽University of Abertay Dundee
1990-98 -聽Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering -聽Dundee Institute of Technology
1990-91 -聽Engineering Consultant -聽Dundee College of Technology / AgriPac UK
1987-90 -聽Medical Robotics Research Engineer -聽Scottish Home and Health Department
Personal Statement
I鈥檓 a certified ethical hacker and a trained internal and external systems penetration tester.聽
Prior to joining Abertay鈥檚 teaching staff in 1990, I worked as a medical robotics engineer and as a programmer at ABS (Advanced Biometric Systems).
I鈥檝e been involved in two highly successful knowledge transfer partnerships: one related to encryption within an ATM environment and the other to the security of network ATMs.聽
My research interests include penetration testing, web application testing and malware analysis.
