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Record of Residences
| Date |
Home |
| Until Feb
96 |
Johannesburg,
South Africa |
| Feb 96 - Feb
97 |
Sydney,
Australia |
| Mar 97 - Feb
98 |
Brisbane,
Australia |
| Feb 98 - Aug
98 |
Melbourne,
Australia |
| Oct 98 - May
99 |
Washington DC,
USA |
| May 99 - Jul
99 |
Melbourne,
Australia |
| Jul 99 - Dec
99 |
Sydney,
Australia |
| Jan 00 - Feb
00 |
Glasgow,
Scotland |
| Feb 00 - Feb
02 |
Cambridge,
England |
| Feb 02 - Dec
02 |
Madrid,
Spain |
| Jan 03 - Feb
03 |
Cambridge,
England |
| Feb 03 - Sep
03 |
Edinburgh,
Scotland |
| Sep 03 - Jun
04 |
Taipei,
Taiwan |
| Jun 04 - Dec
04 |
Traveling
through Thailand, Malaysia, Taiwan, England |
| Dec 04 - May
06 |
Cape Town,
South Africa |
| May 06 - Sep
06 |
Various
locations in Thailand |
| Sep 06 - Dec
06 |
Cape Town,
South Africa |
| Jan 07 - Feb
07 |
Commuting
between Cape Town, Johannesburg and London |
| Mar 07 -
|
London,
England |
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Brief
History
- Started work in Johannesburg, South
Africa. Sold Life Insurance for Liberty Life 01/90 - 01/91
- Worked in various IT related positions for
Teljoy TV Hire 02/91 - 02/96. Eventually became Systems Manager
for their Cellular Division. Lived in a fancy rented house in
Norwood, Johannesburg.
- Met Leanne in 1990, and eventually married
her on 09/04/94. Lived on her parents huge property in Kyalami,
Johannesburg for a short while.
- Bought house in Bryanston (Johannesburg)
in January 1996, but when an opportunity presented itself to work in
Australia, decided not to go through with the purchase.
- Left SA for Australia in Feb 1996.
- Worked as General Manager for Computer
Answers in Sydney, Australia from 02/96 till 02/97, where I assisted in
closing down an unprofitable operation. Lived in Mosman, Chatswood
and Neutral Bay, in housing supplied by the company.
- Joined BHA Computers in Brisbane,
Australia 03/97 - 02/98, where I was Account Manager for a number of
large telco's in SE Asia. Lived in huge upmarket apartment in
Kangaroo Point with stunning views of the river and city.
- Joined Iridium South Pacific in Melbourne,
Australia 02/98 - 09/98, where I was responsible for setting up their
billing system. Lived in amazing house in Armadale, a suburb
of Melbourne.
- Once systems were set up in Australia, I
was invited to join Iridium LLC in Washington DC, USA 10/98 -
05/99. During this time I also assisted with the setup of billing
systems in Phoenix, Arizona.
- At this time the marriage started breaking
down, and on Valentine's Day 1999, Leanne walked out.
- Iridium started to run into financial
difficulty, and in an attempt to save the marriage, I returned to
Melbourne in early May 1999. Leanne refused to see me.
- Eventually, broke and emotionally drained,
I left Melbourne for Sydney, where I contracted to Vodafone, from
07/99 to 12/99. Lived in tiny bachelor flat in Neutral Bay.
- Divorce was finalized in June 1999, and
have regrettably not seen or heard from Leanne since.
- In December 1999 I left Australia for the
UK, and joined Geneva Technology in Cambridge, UK on Valentine's Day
2000 as Account Director. Initially lived in shared house in
Cambridge.
- In early 2001, I met Ceri through her
ex-boyfriend, Mark, with whom I was sharing a house. Shortly
before leaving on a 4 week trip to South America on April 7 2001, I
invited her to join me in Rio after my trip. Spent an amazing 10
days together, and that was the start of what was to be a tumultuous
4-year relationship. Ceri moved in with me to a lovely 3-roomed
house in Cambourne, a new development 10 miles west of Cambridge.
- Left Cambridge for Madrid, Spain in Feb
2002, to continue as Account Director for Geneva Technology (now
Convergys). Responsible for Southern Europe. Lived in
stunning apartment in Chueca, the gay capital of Spain.
- Left Madrid on Dec 20, 2002 bound for
Edinburgh, Scotland, via Portugal, northern Spain, France and
England. The position was Account Director for Scandinavia (still
with Convergys). I started this position in February 2003, after
spending 2 months back in Cambridge. Lived in a huge apartment,
newly converted from a Women's Hospital.
- Introduced to Internet Marketing and
launched first
website in June 2003. Site has since been sold.
- Left Edinburgh for Taipei in September
2003. Program Director for the implementation of a billing system
for new 3G operator in Taipei. Lived in a reasonably sized 2-bed
apartment provided by the company. At the conclusion of the
project, I was took voluntary redundancy in June 2004.
- Left Taipei for a 6-week trip through
Thailand on June 25, 2004, during which Ceri & I ended our
relationship.
- After a number of personal epiphanies, I
wrote and launched on July 19, 2004 a website called How to Find the Purpose of Your
Life.
- Extended the length of the holiday and
opened and ran a Jungle Bar in Malaysia for 2
months.
- Returned to Taipei and then Edinburgh in
late November 2004 to dispose of personal effects in storage.
- Left London and arrived in Cape Town on
December 20, 2004.
- After a few months of dabbling, started
development of Freedom
Technology, a free email seminar, in May 2005.
- Launched Fresh Wisdom on
December 1st, 2005, the book version of the Freedom Technology Email
Seminar.
- Met Renate in early 2006 using an
online dating site and commenced a relationship.
- Rushed to Thailand on May 7th, 2006 to
assist with hospitalization arrangements after my father was involved in
a high speed car accident.
- Returned to South Africa on August 27th
2006 after an exhausting 4 month stay in Thailand attending to my
father.
- Auctioned (and successfully sold for
$10,000) my first website in mid-December 2006.
- Joined a South African-based software
company in January 2007 as Managing Director for Europe, responsible for
expanding their solution (secure delivery of confidential documents by
email) into Europe.
- Moved to London permanently in March 2007,
after regretfully having to end the relationship with Renate.
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