~ Sam Forster's ZEN Homepage ~ 19:35, 10th February ~

Samuel Michael Forster, born in Stoke on Trent in 1978. I've lived here all my life in various locations but always kept my base location in the Tunstall area. Primary school was in Burslem before it was knocked down in 1990 and a new one opened in Tunstall. Secondary school was also in Tunstall where I spent 6 years dropping out of 6th form in 1996. Then went to Stoke on Trent college doing a couple of courses until I went to Staffordshire University in 1999.

Started my working career in 1995 where I worked the summer at Staffodshire University learning a lot about linux. In September 1996 I started work for BASS at the Park Inn in Burslem. A good friend then got me a job with ABB in 1999 where I was sponsored to go Uni. I graduated in 2003 and went back full time at ABB. The same year the team was outsourced to IBM and I progressed into a network role. In 2006 I moved away from ABB completely into what felt like the real IBM, working on various projects with numerous customers the main ones including MAB, Standard Life, Capital One, GKN, Bharti.

2009, possibly one the best years of my life. I met the girl I plan to spend the rest of my life with!! Getting engaged at the end of September, we then had an engagement party at the end of January 2010 and plan to be married in April 2011. Rhiannon Elson has filled a massive void in my life and I now almost feel complete...

My current Zen service is Zen 8000 Active. I've had this account for a number of years and it comes with a couple of static IP addresses which are listed on the RIPE database. With having Zen I also get this webspace so figured I should start filling it!!

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