I am an experienced trainer and IT professional with a 35-year career spanning virtually every information technology role across multiple industry sectors. One of my most rewarding roles has been as a Solution Architect, designing and delivering systems that genuinely improve the lives of the people who use them.

Throughout my career, I have been driven by a simple but often overlooked question: why doesn’t everyone care more about the quality of what they deliver, and the way they deliver it? In response, I spent over 25 years developing a practical framework and methodology for healthy, sustainable ways of working — approaches that are effective for individuals and organisations alike, regardless of role, background or preferred ways of working.

In 2022, I was diagnosed as autistic with ADHD. This provided a powerful lens through which my life, interests, and long-standing frustrations suddenly made sense. It also shaped a new core focus in my work: enabling genuine neurodiversity in the workplace and in wider society.

Training has always been central to my professional life, and this focus has naturally evolved into delivering Oliver McGowan autism training for healthcare professionals, alongside developing targeted neurodiversity training and consultancy for a broader audience. My aim is to help people better understand autistic realities, challenge assumptions, and support positive, meaningful outcomes. It is consistently rewarding to hear participants report that their understanding of autism and other neurodivergent conditions has been transformed in just a few hours. This includes many parents of autistic children, some of whom have said they gained more insight into their child in one session than in years of lived experience.

I am ambitious in my goals. I want to help create a measurable, positive difference in the lives of neurodivergent people within a realistic timeframe. While there is still much work to be done, I remain optimistic that lasting change is both possible and achievable.

Outside my professional work, I am a violinist who plays with local orchestras, and I have studied — and occasionally taught — a 3,000-year-old Chinese health system.