One thing that was missing from my opening statement was a potted version of my non-Blood Bowl CV, as I am primarily running on my record of contribution to BB being a likely guide to my behaviour, but Wulfyn’s post made me think it might be an idea, as he was asking me about my skills in general.

I’ll start at University – I have a Masters in Engineering, Economics and Management from the University of Oxford (St Anne’s College specifically, which is where my username comes from). As part of the Management section, I studied Organisational Behaviour, and I also wrote a 20,000 word dissertation on implementing Management Information Systems (MIS). As well as the obvious benefits for managing an organisation, the dissertation, along with my ability to touch-type at ~60wpm, means that I am very happy producing content for newsletters and other media-related activities

After University I worked for an energy company as a Financial Analyst producing MIS and other spreadsheet-based models, and it was this experience that allowed me to develop the spreadsheet that made scoring at WC3 possible in the time available between rounds, as well as being comfortable working on the code in the WordPress site, Score and other tools.

For the past 12 years I have been teaching Maths at a 12-18 comprehensive school, as well as Physics, Business Studies and Computer Science. As a teacher I have to manage hundreds of interpersonal interactions a day, with pupils, parents and other colleagues.

In my spare time, when I am not playing or writing about BB, I am a keen stage actor, and have had lead roles in shows such as Oklahoma, Sweeney Todd and Peter Pan. I have been Secretary and Chair of a local am-dram society, managing a team to put on shows with substantial budgets and many people involved. Most recently I have started directing again, which involves getting the best out of a large cast of individuals, all with individual needs. I also run a junior musicals group with 35 members with ages 6-16.

I am 37, and married with 3 children, two of whom are very keen and improving BB players, and no doubt the third will be too! Hopefully all the above gives a bit more flavour of who I am, and shows the variety of personal skills that I bring to the job. My record over the last few years also shows that where I don’t have those skills, I am either willing to learn them or work with those who have those skills.

As ever, do have a read of the full Q&A.