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Marsh Penman M.A, M.Sc

  • I'm IT Manager at Penman Consulting, which has my name over the door but I'm just an employee. The job started 15+ years ago as an accidental role but I'm pretty good at it now, and suitably qualified (MSc Computing/Technology Management). It involves a hundred things that IT Managers in SMEs do that aren't managing IT, plus managing IT.

  • Writing documentation is a lasting source of joy to me. I write great documentation and am an ISTC member.

  • I started my professional life in health and safety in the nuclear industry. I maintain my Tech IOSH by meddling in business health and safety at least 30 hours a year.

  • Later I was a professional mediator for 5 years. The bulk of my work was I.T intellectual property (ITIP) disputes, but I also mediated personal injury and employment disputes for, among others, the Central London County Court.

  • I have a GitHub presence but it's just endless snippets and experiments. I code badly.

  • Incredibly, I started my working life as a part-time pool lifeguard. I did that 1985 (I was 14) to 1994 and worked at pools in Bollington, Congleton, Whitby and Scarborough.

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