Mike Harris +44 (0) 7811 671 893 : music, event production, software engineering, coaching, mentoring, organising, communication, and people enthusiasm.
Mike Harris +44 (0) 7811 671 893 : music, event production, software engineering, coaching, mentoring, organising, communication, and people enthusiasm.
With a B.Sc. (Hons) degree in software engineering from UWE, I've worked in
technology and software development since 1993 and have extensive experience working for large and small
companies, including Internet start-up Psand, which I
co-founded in the mid 1990s. I have worked for, or had as clients, organisations as diverse as People & Planet, BMW UK, RELX (Elsevier), ActionAid,
Timber Windows, pwc, Microsoft, the Camps for Climate Action, and Diabetes UK.
My key specialist areas are:
My current focus is on this latter, decarbonisation and technology transition for organisations and I am available for consultancy in the area of decarbonising organisations in view of data centre and AI usage. Get in touch with me via emailing mike@ this domain name, the mobile number above, or via LinkedIn.
I also enjoy writing, playing, recording and performing music solo and with other fellow musicians and am currently working to improve my skills in the area of music, learning the mandolin and mandola and to read music. My current musical project, Circling Ravens, is with Naomi Rosenberg and you can hear some tracks and follow updates at our Bandcamp page. I enjoy gardening, traveling, reading, walking, socialising, getting to know people and spoken languages. For the second-half of 2024, I took a career break to travel through France, Spain, Portugal, and Australia, visiting friends, family, and cultural attractions. I enjoy learning about cultural and religious history.
I am the co-founder of HacktionLab, a UK network of tech-activists for which I have produced the BarnCamp annual conference event. I am the co-director of XtreamLab, an Internet services provider providing DNS, web, email and streaming services for small businesses, not-for-profit organisations, and individuals.
I have extensive experience in the production of public events and have devised and produced a number of events over the years, and have also worked at wide variety of events and are well-versed in most aspects of event production. Here is a complete list of all events I've been involved thus far.
My current active projects are:
