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	{\huge Researcher, Tinkerer,\\ Developer, Nerd} % Career or current job title
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%	INTRODUCTION, SKILLS AND TECHNOLOGIES
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\cvsect{Who Am I?}

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	I am a PhD student and computer networks researcher, studying autonomic
	network management in multi-domain infrastructure. I have worked alongside
	large tech companies in my research as they explore autonomic network
	management techniques to handle growing demand and growing complexity of
	modern infrastructure. When I'm not trying something new, I spend my
	weekends on homelab projects, 3d printing and cooking.\\
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		\baritem{Python}{82}
		\baritem{Rust}{100}
		\baritem{Golang}{58}
		\baritem{Prolog}{68}
		\baritem{LaTeX}{50}
		\baritem{Git}{80}
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	\cvsect{Tools}\\
	\mbox{\cvtag{Docker}\cvtag{LibVirt}\cvtag{Openstack}}
	\mbox{\cvtag{Kubernetes}\cvtag{OSM}\cvtag{Linux}}
	\mbox{\cvtag{GitHub Actions}\cvtag{QGIS}\cvtag{Nix}}
	\mbox{\cvtag{Grafana}\cvtag{Neovim}\cvtag{Ansible}}
	\mbox{\cvtag{Prometheus}\cvtag{Obsidian}}
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\cvsect{Experience}

\begin{entrylist}
	\entry
	{2024 -- Present}
	{Research Associate: TUDOR}
	{Lancaster University}
	{Working in a multi-University partnership to deliver a smart,
	intent-based network infrastructure, enabling autonomic network management,
	guided by abstract, high-level goals.\\
		\texttt{Rust}\slashsep\texttt{Prolog}\slashsep\texttt{Kubernetes}\slashsep\texttt{Openstack}\slashsep\texttt{Nomad}\slashsep\texttt{OSM}}
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	%{Analyzing a socio-economic dataset for a local food charity, aiming to
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	{2021 -- 2023\\\footnotesize{part time}}
	{Graduate Teaching Assistant}
	{Lancaster University}
	{Assisted the delivery of Networking, Advanced Networking and Distrbuted
	Systems courses at Lancaster University.\\
		\texttt{Python}\slashsep\texttt{Java}\slashsep\texttt{Mininet}\slashsep\texttt{Openflow}\slashsep\texttt{Docker}\slashsep\texttt{JGroups}}
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	{2020 -- 2021}
	{Research Associate: NG-CDI}
	{Lancaster University}
	{Worked alongside BT and other academic partners to investigate how
	NetDevOps and emulated network testing could be used to validate network configurations 
	prior to rollout.\\
		\texttt{Python}\slashsep\texttt{C}\slashsep\texttt{GitHub
		Actions}\slashsep\texttt{Mininet}\slashsep\texttt{Prometheus}\slashsep\texttt{Grafana}\slashsep\texttt{Træfik}}
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\cvsect{Education}

\begin{entrylist}
	\entry
	{2021 -- present\\\footnotesize{ending approx. 2025}}
	{PhD -- Computer Science}
	{Lancaster University}
	{Working to design and implement an extensible intent handler using semantic
	web technologies and logic programming, to enable autonomic network
	management for 5G network infrastructure.
	\\\texttt{Intent-based
	Networking}\slashsep\texttt{Orchestration}\slashsep\texttt{Cloud}\slashsep\texttt{CI/CD}\slashsep\texttt{NetDevOps}}
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	{2016 -- 2020}
	{BSc (Hons) Computer Science \textit{(2:1)}}
	{Lancaster University}
	{Thesis included the creation and evaluation of a virtual reality
	experience, for educating students about binary tree traversals
	\\\texttt{Artificial Intelligence}\slashsep\texttt{Adv.
			Programming}\slashsep\texttt{Adv. Networking}\slashsep\texttt{Distributed Systems}\slashsep\texttt{...}}
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\cvsect{Publications}

\begin{entrylist}
	\pubentry
	{2024}
	{[1st Author]}
	{Oz: Towards an Extensible Intent Handler Architecture with Semantic
	Reasoning}
	{IEEE/Netsoft}
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	{2022}
	{[1st Author]}
	{Improving Intent Correctness with Automated Testing}
	{IEEE/Netsoft}
	\pubentry
	{2022}
	{}
	{A NEAT way to test-driven network management}
	{IEEE/IFIP NOMS}
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	\cvsect{Hobbies}\\
	\cvtag{Homelab}\cvtag{3D Printing}\cvtag{Cooking}
	\cvtag{Motorcycles}\cvtag{Coffee}\cvtag{Music}
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	\cvsect{Project: Oz}\\
	Lead developer on a first of a kind intent handler design, aiming to
	automate aspects of network management through high-level, abstract
	requirements. Oz leverages semantic web technologies and logic programming
	to interpret abstract goals as policies, enabling new network configurations
	to be generated as constraint satisfaction problems. Once a network
	configuration is created, Oz additionally has the ability to interface with
	orchestrators to support self: configuration, healing, optimisation and
	protection of network services. All development work was achieved with
	Prolog and Rust programming languages combined with Nix to manage
	development environments and CI/CD. This work is currently being explored as
	part of the TUDOR project, forming the basis of one of the major
	deliverables for 5G network management.
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