About
I was born in the small and beautiful island of Malta. Malta is situated in the middle of the Mediterranean sea, 93km south of Sicily and 288km north of Africa. Its quite a small island with a total population of around 400,000 over an area of 316sq km and a coastline of 196.8km. The Maltese archipelago also includes the sister islands of Gozo and Comino.
After school, I started working as a clerk with the Maltese government when I was 18 years old. After about a year and a half, I wanted a new challenge, so I passed the entrance examination for one of the largest banks in Malta, HSBC, formerly known as Mid-Med Bank. There I spent 4 years, one year as an accounts clerk and three years as a cashier.
After these 4 years, I started interesting myself in computers and IT and I did the IDPM diploma. I wanted to join an IT company in Malta, but since I did not have a lot of experience it was quite hard. Finally I was offered an opportunity with Crimsonwing. I spent 4 years with Crimsonwing, working mainly on Mainframe systems using Cobol, CICS and DB2 as the main technologies. During my time at Crimsonwing, I started showing interest in web development and classic ASP. I decided to join ICON studios and I was the first web developer there, turing them from a pure Media company to a fully fledged web development company. After a year and a half there, I also took the initiative to study for my MCSD .NET exams, which I finished successfully in August 2005.
In October 2005, I decided to try my luck abroad, something which I had been dreaming about for quite some time. I managed to get a 4 month contract in Sydney, Australia with a company called Rethinking Solutions.
In March 2006, I moved to Dublin, where I continued contracting. So far, I worked with some large companies, like Enterprise Ireland. Its quite enjoyable here, although the weather is nothing similar as back home. There's no doubt that Ireland will always be green, cause it never stops raining here!
You can find more on my working experience and my full CV in my Resume.
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