User:Iandrewmartin

About me - I was born in Sydney, NSW Australia. I have been involved in the IT&T area since 1982 which will mean that I'll be a 25 year veteran in January 2007.

I began my working career with Telecom Australia as it then was. I started as an Apprentice Technician and worked my apprenticeship in Sydney. Upon completion of my apprenticeship I was raised to the title of Technician before leaving the company with the rank of Technical Officer in 1989.

After stints with different technical firms, including self-employment for a period I returned to the telecoms arena in a sales role in 1995.

A move overseas in late 1997 saw a change of career with a move into the IT field from early 1998. During my time oveseas I worked for several logistics based companies.

My strongest skill sets are in the:
 * Security analysis,
 * Documentation, and
 * System administration.

Most of these skills have been perfected in high threat - high security environments.

My Life -

Family:

As a family we are still adjusting to life back in Australia. While my wife and I have experience living here our son and daughter are still working through the settling in issues of life in a foreign country. We have enjoyed our time so far in Melbourne and look forward to seeing many of the sites in and around Melbourne as time allows.

Personal hobbies and interests: -

I am a mad keen model railroader. I spend quite a lot of my spare time working for modellers around the world designing model railway layouts. A published author with credits in model railway magazines around the world I also lecture on several specialist subjects at model railroading events:
 * Freight car weathering,
 * Locomotive weathering
 * Layout design for realistic operations, and
 * Small layout design.

In all of these pursuits I am very lucky to have the never-ending support of my wife. I am looking forward to a long, and I hope illustrious, career with NDY. I look forward to meeting all of you somewhere down the track (old railroading pun there - sorry)

Talk to you later. Yours sincerely I Andrew Martin