 Marc
has always had a love for technology, it all
started when he first began "playing" on a ZX
Spectrum in 1982. Whilst serving in the Royal
Navy in 1994 he "discovered"
the Internet and was instantly hooked!
Marc started writing databases and
creating websites for local companies but it
was in August 1995 that things really
started to change for Marc, for Microsoft
started to ship the Windows 95 operating
system!
It was whilst helping others try and
understand this new operating system that
Marc realised there was a potential market
for publishing "self help" articles on the
Internet for all to access....
By the time Microsoft released Windows XP in
2001 home users were starting to connect to the
Internet in large numbers and so Marc decided to
create a website dedicated to helping others
understand how to use Windows XP.
In 2004
Microsoft had spotted his work supporting the
online community via his websites
and popular "tech" newsletter. This recognition of his
technical knowledge and willingness to help
others led to him being awarded their
prestigious
Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award - which he has gone on
to be re-awarded every year since. (Visit the
MVP site
here.)
Marc gave up his full time job as an IT
manager in the summer of 2004 and has worked
full time ever since supporting the "online
community" in getting the most out of their
Microsoft products and services. In addition he
provides consultancy to small businesses looking
to deploy and make the most of
Microsoft
Vista & Office 2007.
As well as Windows Vista & XP Marc is also an
expert in Windows Digital Media and in 2004 created popular Windows XP utility -
SHERLOCK The CODEC Detective. (now over
1 million downloads!)
In 2007 Marc co-created an application for
small businesses to utilise the Amazon.com S3
storage network (its called "Data
Bucket Pro"),
as well as the worlds 1st
offline utility for creating Google Video
Sitemaps (its called "Video
Sitemap Pro".)
Marc also has many years
practical experience in working with online
video and other forms of "social media" inc. RSS,
Blogs, Podcasting and Social Media Marketing. He is
also passionate about helping small businesses
leverage these technologies for profit!
If, after
all this, he has any spare time Marc likes to play
HALO on his XBOX 360...
You can follow Marc on
Twitter:
http://twitter.com/marcliron
 Sarah
Liron
BSc - Marc is married to Sarah...
They first met at their local church youth group,
but their friendship started to grow a few years
later after meeting again at a friends Birthday
party.
Sarah was at University completing
her Physics & Maths degree and Marc was based at
a Nuclear Submarine base. After spending the
whole evening talking about sub-atomic physics
Marc just new she was the girl for him!!
They married 5 years later and Sarah has been
a long suffering "geeks" wife ever since!
She enjoys using technology, is even considering
completing her Masters degree in Medial Physics,
BUT she has no intention of
being labelled a "geek" herself...
Instead she manages
Marc's business and generally stops him spending
to much time at Starbucks or on his XBOX 360
playing HALO! When not doing this she can be
found providing consultancy in Microsoft Excel
and Project Management.
They
live in the historic & medieval town of Lincoln, UK.
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