Michael has been working for 10 years in TSSG / Walton Institute firstly as Experienced Software Developer and now as Senior Systems Administrator. His job is to support the unit with research support and innovation in IT. Michael is an expert in Openstack deployments, Multi-tenant service deployments, Audio Technology, Containerisation, Scripting and Networking.

He has worked on a number of Innovation Vouchers and has conducted Research and Development for Companies in the pharmaceutical sector, security sector, audio technology, Agri-tech, logistics and customer support. Michael also has a patent pending in the field of Software-Defined Infrastructure.