OK. As you can guess, my name is Mike Ashton.
I was born on the 24th March 1979 in a place called
Ellesmere Port. I
stayed there whilst I grew up and while I finished my GCSE's and A-levels.
Once I completed my exams I moved to Sheffield
where I studied hard to pass my Software Engineering degree with first-class honours.
I really miss Sheffield and I regret that I don't get to go out there as often as I'd like.
During my university sandwich year I worked for
Kodak Limited and returned there on a
short-term contract once I had completed my degree.
Once this contract was over I moved to pastures new and joined a large software house called
Business Objects (was Crystal Decisions)
in Ipswich.
When a decision was made to close the Ipswich site I investigated relocating to Vancouver (one of their
main development sites) but decided that it really wasn't for me. Instead I moved up North
to Manchester.
I'm currently working for a company called
Kratos Analytical who
manufacture Mass Spectrometers and I am one of the guys responsible for designing and writing
the software which is used to analyse the data.
All in all I think it's
be a pretty interesting job and a great city to love in.
Anyway, that's enough of the waffle because I'm sure you've heard enough already.
While you're here try to visit a number of my
mates pages, and (if you get a moment) have a 'flick' through my CV!
Thanks!
