about

intro

I’m Jack: a Technical Architect by day, a PADI Assistant Instructor and EFR Instructor by choice, and based in Leeds. I’ve been building things on the internet since my first site in 1997, and spent the next twenty-odd years writing software at Oracle, Sky and Anaplan before joining Aera Technology.

Underwater I teach, and spend as much time as I can with a camera looking for the small and strange: frogfish, pygmy seahorses, mantis shrimp, and the occasional tiger shark. This site is home to those trip reports, quick notes on tech problems I’ve had to solve, every flight and every dive I’ve logged, and the archive of a blog I’ve kept since 2006.

work

1. 2023– Technical Architect Aera Technology
2. 2022– Instructor Emergency First Response
3. 2021– Assistant Instructor PADI
4. 2019–2023 Software Engineer → Principal Software Engineer Anaplan
5. 2016–2018 Software Developer → DevOps Engineer Sky
6. 2011–2016 Software Developer, Secure Global Desktop Oracle
7. 2010–2011 Web Assistant, Fundraising & Supporter Development King's College London
8. 2008–2011 BSc Computer Science King's College London
9. 2004–2010 IT Manager Northern Music Online
10. 1997–2011 Owner jacktams.co.uk

certifications

PADI #515861 · credential wallet

• PADI AWARE Dive Against Debris Instructor (2024)
• Emergency First Response Instructor (2022)
• PADI Assistant Instructor (2022)
• PADI AWARE Instructor (2022)
• PADI AWARE Coral Reef Conservation Specialty Instructor (2022)
• PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Instructor (2022)
• PADI Divemaster (2021)

kit

Everything I’ve shot with, and how many published photos each has. Each item links to those photos.

contact

• Email: [email protected]
• Instagram: https://instagram.com/jacktams
• GitHub: jacktams