Hi! I’m Ian Ren­ton: code-monkey, net-junkie, UI designer, gamer and all-round geek.

I live in the sea­side town of Bournemouth, Eng­land, with my wife Eric and son Joseph. I enjoy pro­gram­ming, read­ing, writ­ing, cook­ing, sail­ing, mar­tial arts and spin­ning things that are on fire.

I have a BSc in Physics from Southamp­ton Uni­ver­sity and now write soft­ware, as well as occa­sion­ally dab­bling in elec­tron­ics and net­work admin­is­tra­tion, in the defence industry.

I’d like to be able to speak Span­ish flu­ently, and to have a gar­den to grow veg­eta­bles in. Also, a big pile of money would be nice. Just sayin’.

Pro­fes­sional Stuff

Writ­ing soft­ware is my base state, and I remain sur­prised and very grate­ful that com­pa­nies insist on pay­ing me to do it. I spe­cialise in user inter­faces and con­trol sys­tems. What I aim to pro­duce in users of my soft­ware is joy — if you’re delighted at how easy to use a com­plex sys­tem is, my job is well done. Here’s some of the cool stuff I’ve worked on:

• Unmanned Vehi­cles
• Under­wa­ter Networking
• Multi-Influence Ranges

Look up my CV on:
LinkedIn • Stack Over­flow Careers
Print­able CVs:
Plain but infor­ma­tive • Colour­ful and content-free

‘Cool stuff’ PDFs & image credit: Atlas Elektronik