About me
Let me introduce myself with some basic details:
- I’m 40 years old
- I live in Sydney, Australia
- I’m married with two children
- I work for IBM as a consultant. My role involves managing client projects to implement information technology systems
“Give me a child until he is seven and I will give you the man”.In keeping with that idea, let me paint a picture of my life as a seven year old.
At age 7, I was attending a small one teacher school in the foothills of the Blue Mountains about an hour west of Sydney.
By that age, my parents had already been divorced for several years, and as a result I grow up splitting my time between two quite different lifestyles.
My father was a founding director in software development company formed in the 1960s. Through this I developed an early interest in technology and its applications.
My mother was a community worker in low socio-economic suburbs. She had many jobs, including developing training programs for unemployed and establishing community housing for those in need. This instilled in me a desire to make a positive contribution to society.
About this blog
I will be blogging here about my 4 weeks of community work in India as part of IBM’s Corporate Service Corps. I’ll be working with 11 other IBM’ers from around the world in Kochi in the state of Kerala in India’s south west.
Specifically, I will be working with Cat from the USA and Rafael from Brazil, and we will be working with the Navabharath Foundation. The foundation is a non-profitable charitable trust committed to improving the living standards of the underprivileged by:
- Improving the quality of learning
- Empowering the youth
- Protecting the environment
- Developing innovative income generation opportunities
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