A little bit about me
I was born in east London on the 27th January 1981. I lived on the edge of London, then moved to Kingussie in the Highlands of Scotland. I have also lived in Tain, Ross-shire, Scotland; Kinloch Rannoch, Perthshire, Scotland; North Bay, Ontario, Canada; Avoch on the Black Isle, North Scotland; Inverness, Scotland; Fort William, West Coast of Scotland; and now the beautiful city of Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada. I studied for Architecture but left that behind when I started my own business, Cali Net, in Spring 1998. During my time there I spent a lot of time travelling around the UK on business and working with very talented people on many fantastic and industry revolutionising projects.I spent a year travelling and then went to work for Cap Gemini Ernst and Young. I worked for HotScot Technology before setting up another company - GoEffect - with Rob Hilken, a former co-worker from Cali Net, specialising in Internet Marketing for the travel industry.
Since travelling in Canada in 2002 I have been putting together a Canadian travel website which in the past few years has grown in size and popularity. Trail Canada, my website, is the most popular independent travel guide to Canada. I now run Trail Canada as the main website for my company Peragro Media. I am also Vice President of Business Development at Travel Masters.
In September 2004 I moved to Vancouver however it took some time and effort but I managed to overcome the trials and tribulations of immigration to Canada.
I lived briefly by Commercial Drive, Vancouver and for a few years Vancouver’s vibrant West End, then moved to scenic North Vancouver. In July 2010 I was one of the first few people to move to the Vancouver Olympic Village in the South False Creek / Mount Pleasant area of Vancouver.
I devote time to volunteer work including SEEDS Business Development, an organization that supports unemployed individuals become entrepreneurs and start their own business. I am a community review panelist which is something like being a dragon on dragon’s den!
I am a member of St John Ambulance, Vancouver Division 59C/D and act as a medical first responder at events in and around Vancouver, British Columbia.
