User:Andy Netamatix

Andrew John Parr was born on the 21st July 1968 in Birkenhead, Merseyside. Having grown up on the Wirral Peninsula with one sister he left to join the British Royal Navy at 16 years of age.

Parr became a Marine Engineer Mechanic (Electrical) and was posted to HMS Diomede. He served on the ship visiting the West Indies, Florida, The Baltic Sea and Northern European Countries, The Falkland Islands and the Mediterranean.

In 1988 he was selected to 'run' for the famous 'Portsmouth Command Field Gun Crew' attaining the position of 'Back of the Box'. The competition has been called 'The Toughest Team Sport in the World' by Ian Wooldridge in a documentary filmed for the BBC in 1979. He ran at Earls Court, London, in the yearly 'Royal Tournament'. Portsmouth lost to the Fleet Air Arm crew but the experience was to shape much of his future outlook on life.

He was then posted to HMS Challenger, the Royal Navy's Seabed Operations Ship. The ship never lived up to expectations and was dogged with technical problems from build until it was de-commissioned in 1990 and offered for sale.

Having left the Challenger he was posted to the Naval Dockyard at Portsmouth in a re-fit team. While here he represented HMS Nelson in the lesser Field Gun Competition known as 'Brickwoods Field Gun' this time winning the race with his team.

In 1991 he again represented Portsmouth in the Command Field Gun Competition at Earls Court, London. Again Portsmouth finished behind the Fleet Air Arm Crew.

In September 1991 Andy Left the Royal Navy and was in a number of engineering jobs before joining the West Yorkshire Police as a Police Officer.

During his career with the police Andy undertook a number of specialist posts, Authorised Firearms Officer, Self Defence Instructor and eventually Criminal Investigation. Here he rose to the rank of Detective Inspector and managed a number of serious criminal investigations from Murder to Rape and other serious offences.

In September 2006 he launched a company called Netamatix, a booking and reservation software company that he runs to this day.

In 2007 Andy graduated from the School of Management, Bradford University with a Masters Degree in Business Administration.