Bachelor of Science in Physics, Imperial College London; Ph.D. in Polymer Physics, Imperial College London; Research Specialist, 3M, 1986 - 1990; Project Officer, The Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Polymer Science and Technology, University of Leeds, 1996 - 1997; Owner, The Silk Route, 1998 - 2007; Owner, Jackson Web Services, Basel, Switzerland; since 2008; candidate for the Juno project, but did not reach the final selection