Steve Shrimpton

Steve was born and educated in the UK and obtained a master's

degree in physics from Southampton University. After two years of teaching

high school, he worked as a scientist with the UK Ministry of Defence

and quickly became involved in airborne computing systems. He migrated

to the United States and worked in defense and automotive systems in

California for 12 years as a systems engineer, circuit designer, and software

developer. He also developed a plug-in digital storage oscilloscope product

for DOS 1.1. After a period of time in New Zealand teaching in a university, he settled in Sydney,

Australia, where he operates as a contract software architect, undertaking

assignments in banking, finance, medical, and many other businesses. Steve considers

himself very much a hands-on architect and a programmer's programmer!