This website belongs to me, Daniel Bryant, shown in the picture to the right of this text. I've created this website to reveal a little of who I am, and showcase what I do inside and outside of my daily work.

I currently live in Guildford, a town approximately 40 miles southwest of London in the UK. I grew up in Silverton, a small village just outside of Exeter in Devon.

During working hours I like to engage in a broad range of activities:

• My main skills relate to IT Consultancy, specifically developing web-based enterprise applications using Java JEE , Spring, Hibernate, MySQL and Oracle RDBMS, (X)HTML, CSS, JavaScript, DWR, Prototype, Ext JS/Sencha and jQuery.
• I am a Sun Microsystems Certified Professional (having completed multiple certifications: SCJP, SCJD, SCWCD,SCSNI), a Sun Certified MySQL 5.0 DBA (SCMDBA), and am a Professional Member (MBCS) of the British Computer Society and member of the Professional Contractors Group.
• I am the Owner and Director of a company, Tai-Dev Ltd, which offers IT Consultancy services. More information on this can be found at the Tai-Dev Website.
• I like to write regularly about new technologies, tools and books and have set up the Tai-Dev Blog. Here I share my opinions on the latest trends and also offer code/tool tutorials. I also Tweet about interesting articles or reviews that catch my eye, and these can also be found at the Tai-Dev Blog or at the Tai-Dev Twitter page twitter.com/taidevcouk
• I'm currently working on my Entrepreneurial skills, and have been involved in a range of IT startup companies over the past 5 years, in addition to forming Tai-Dev. I'm currently working with TriOpsis Ltd, a company specialising in creating software for the management of Visual Intelligence I was the primary server-side architect, developer and DBA for the company's initial flagship product - the Retail Display Manager.
• I'm also a great believer of helping people to help themselves, and combining this with my love on entrepreneurship means that I'm a strong supporter of Kiva and all the great work they do.
• I also conduct academic research within the field of computing, specifically artificial intelligence and analysing computational models of how humans reason and argue. I obtained a PhD in Computer Science in 2011 from the University of Surrey and have published in respected peer-reviewed journals and presented at international conferences.
• As part of my link to academia I like to take the opportunity to teach as much as possible, and have lectured to all levels in the Department of Computing within the University of Surrey and also Sixth Form students from a local college. Topics I teach include Enterprise Software Development, Visual Computing, AI, and Research Techniques and Tools (typically including an overview of the "Getting Things Done" method and Life Hacker, both of which I am a big fan of).

In my free time I'm into listening to music and attending live music concerts (RnB and Hip Hop), watching the occasional TV show (particularly American dramas, such as Sopranos, 24, Lost, Prison Break etc.), going to the cinema, playing pool, chatting with friends and reading. Currently I enjoy reading running, fitness and computing magazines, and self-development books and other thought provoking material, such as Eastern Philosophy.

I like to keep active through running. My favourite race distance is 10k (such as the excellent G3 series here in Guildford), but I have run an increasing number of half marathons over the last three years and completed the London Marathon in 2009 and Marathon de Paris in 2011. I also enjoy cycling, both on and off-road, and since 2010 I have began competing in local Cross-Country Duathlons (I can recommend most of the local Human Race events!). My next fitness challenge is to complete an Olympic length Triathlon, but I will have to work hard on my swimming skills, as this is a particular weakness of mine! I also enjoy going to the gym and taking part in martial arts/eastern excerises, such as Ju Jitsu, Tai Chi and meditation.

You can contact me by email: daniel [at] danielbryant.co.uk, and if you want to find out more about my work activities please look at my CV, or my LinkedIn profile page http://www.linkedin.com/in/danielbryantuk.