Jamie Edkins

Employment Start Date:	May 2nd 2022
Job Title:	Field Service Engineer
Years in IT:	20

Introduction

Being field based suits perfectly as I like travelling around and prefer dealing with people face to face, so if there’s a situation where the support desk cannot resolve your computer problem; you may end up meeting me.

I’m an old school geek, starting with programming my Commodore64 in the 1980’s and PC’s when they first came into schools. Apart from being a geek, I spend lots of my other spare time working on my personal development and personal improvement.

Best Personal Achievement

Overcoming severe depression and attention problems suffered from since I was a young teenager. Life was always a struggle to just stay focused even into my 30’s and drained my energy, but over time I’ve invested huge amounts of time in lots of therapies and personal development to find things that work. These days I gets comments how organised, tidy and upbeat I am, which helps me remember how far I’ve come.

Hobbies

Ceroc Dancing & anything which revolves around personal development.

Your Best Work Achievement

When I took a break from IT and became a Personal Trainer for 4 years, Matt Smith, who played the 11th Dr. Who came into the gym I worked at and I gave a him a glute workout. He was born and went to School in Northampton and for whatever reason was back in town.

Claim To Fame

Ran around the local Premiership Rugby club, Northampton Saints pitch, when I wasn’t supposed to and fell over in the soaking mud. They weren’t playing at the time or I would probably have been tackled and crushed!