About me

Learn a bit about me.

Martin Taylor

My background

I founded Springboard Creations in 2007 to give a formal name to the freelance work that I was doing whilst I was creating enterprise applications for local customers. I graduated back in 2002, feels like a long time ago now, from the well respected University of Northumbria and since been in employment with the National Health Service (NHS) in Cumbria programming in many different coding languages and database technologies. This has given me the knowledge of a large range of well used, local and national software applications used throughout the NHS. Working with a large user base gives me the experience necessary to help guide our customers from the early key decision making stages right through to the successful deployment of the solution to your desktop.

I'm a father to two great children who keep me entertained and also feeling young. Well, if you call still making ice cream potions young, then that's what they do.

What I do for fun

On a weekend you'll find me heading off to a wet and muddy forest to watch some form of motorsports. I help out as a marshal and also take my children if I can tempt them. I am trying to keep fit by running, but it's not working out too well. I ran the Great North Run a few years back with a time of 2hrs 22mins, I'm aiming to beat it one day.

I am keen on web standards, simple web deisgns that focus on functional requirements primarily and then making it look good. Web sites have to work to what the customer has asked, not just another web site that has rolled off the production line.

Skills that make me... me

Web Design

  • XHTML + CSS
  • jQuery
  • ASP.Net

Domian Management

  • Hosting
  • Email Management
  • Search Engine Optomisation

Database Development

  • SQL Server
  • Performance Optomisation
  • SSIS

Software Development

  • Visual Studio
  • Automation scripting
  • Crystal Reports