I thought I would include a little section devoted to me. This section is where I am going to publish information relating directly to me. It's probably not going to be that interesting but I thought it would make a change from all the course related material that is going to be published here.
1970
On the 24th January 1970 I was born to my parents, Susan Water and Barry Gurney in Chelsea, London.
1986
I left secondary school with only my Certificate of Secondary Education qualifications (8 in total) and I decided that it was a case of going to 6th Form to try and get a few General Certificate of Secondary Education under my belt.
1987
I left 6th Form with a few better grades for some of my Certificates of Secondary Education (9 in total), newly aquired General Certificate of Secondary Education (3 in total) plus a couple of other qualifications; one by the Royal Society of Arts and a newly form qualification which I was one of the first in the county to take, namely a Certificate of Pre-Vocational Education.
1988
4 th January 1988, I waved good-bye to my mum at the train station in my home town of Ashford and set off on my journey to join the Royal Corps of Transport, whos training depot was based in sunny Aldershot.
After completing my basic military training I embarked on trade training where I gained my Heavy Goods Vehicle License. It was then time to join my first active unit, 66 Squadron Royal Corps of Transport, based in Tidworth, Hampshire. After a few month at the unit it was time to head of to Germany for a NATO training exercise, which unbeknown to me was going to be the changing point of my military career. After just 3 days in Germany, I substained a serious injury to my spine, which took several hospitals and doctors many hours to decide what needed to be done.
1990
Finally, the British Military decided that I needed a spinal fusion which they performed on my in the March. After spending some time off to recover, it was time for intense rehabilitation, which lasted several months. I was unhappy at this as it meant I was unable to go to Cyprus with the main unit, instead I was left behind on reserve party duties. Things turnt out ok in the end as when I returned to my unit I was promoted to Lance Corporal.
Various posting around the UK, and in January 1993 I was medically discharged from the Army.1994 - 1997
Time spent recoverying form ongoing medical problems realting to my spinal injury. Mid 1997, I went to college to gain qualifications in Information Technology and started to do some teacher training related courses.
1988
Gained an NVQ Level 3 in Implementing IT Solutions and part of my NVQ Level 4 TDLB. Started work as an on-site maintenance engineer.
1999
After careful consideration, I started my own IT consultancy company and my first major client was Orange PCS. Went to Germany and Italy to do consultancy work for two International Telecom companies.
2000
Started work for an International Internet hosting company - Senior Network Administrator and Project Manager. Designed and implemented a corporate wide Microsoft messaging platform. Obtained Microsoft certification status.
2003
Started to study with the Open University, with the aim of gaining various IT and Computing qualifications whilst on-route to acheiving a BSc Honours degree.2004
Obtained 8th & 7th Kyu in Kamishin Ryu Karate. Reunited with my father after 28 years at Darlington Railway Station. Meet my 3 sisters, Elizabeth, Nicola and Lauren for teh first time in December 2004. Also meet about 35-40 other relatives from my fathers side of the family.
