User:Nimpo

Nimpo (Mike Jones) is currently a part time RSE at the University of Manchester. He was formerly a researcher at the University of Manchester, then an IT Systems Development Officer for Jisc becoming Head of IT Infrastructure there before retiring. He retired (took a career break, in hindsight, is a better term) in 2018 due to Stage IV bowel cancer. Under the care of staff at the Christie_Hospital he receives monthly Nivolumab, which has arrested the disease, allowing him to return to work in February 2022. The treatment funded on compassionate grounds by Bristol_Myers_Squibb.

His main areas of interest are: Though he's been known to branch as far as: ... You can often find him here at home or here at work, although he likes to move around a bit.
 * eScience
 * Cloud Computing
 * Grid Computing
 * Grid security see e.g. Trust_federation, VOMS, PERMIS, ...
 * Snowboarding
 * Light hovercraft racing
 * SCUBA diving
 * Piano playing
 * Learning Chinese
 * Magic The Gathering
 * Judo, Karate and Ninjutsu (which is where my moniker Nimpo comes from: a mis-transliteration of 忍法)
 * Scouting (where he is a Cub Scout leader at 23rd Manchester Scout Group and Sea Scout Troop Assistant at Chorlton Scouts