Phlash
The Old Bald Man :)
Phil is 5’ 7", in his late 50’s, with hazel eyes & dark brown hair (what’s left of it!). He wears glasses because he is myopic (short-sighted) but refuses to wear contact lenses.
He’s enjoying being “grandad” when he gets the chance to visit (thanks Covid!)
and considers himself reasonably experienced in this field with six
children & five six grandchildren (the last time he counted).
Phil is a founder of (Ashbysoft *), and when he’s not playing with the (grand)kids, he can usually be found playing with his computer, having a technical discussion with Stuart or trying to organise a night out with his lovely wife Angela.
Phil has previously been (in reverse chronological order):
- solution architect for WTW, designing new services for online insurance broking
- technical architect for GB Group, looking after the design of their services
- security researcher for BT, working on vulnerabilities and mitigations in core telco equipment
Phil’s current CV is hereabouts.. hopefully no longer required!
You can also find Phil on
Phil finds writing about himself in 3rd person rather odd :)
Stuff
I do stuff, in particular:
- contribute to Open Source Software, I’m especially pleased that I now
have code in the Github Arctic Code Vault :)
- Funcube: I’m a developer on this combined
amateur radio / educational satellite development team -
fivesix launched, others in the pipeline.. - I’m a qualified radio amateur (callsigns M6IPX, 2E0IPX), interested in VLF communications (sub 100kHz), software defined radio and toys :)
- I take stuff apart, then sometimes blog about it here, frequently before I’ve used it!
- Give presentations about my hobbies and work experience.
- Amateur genealogy, researching my own family tree with a friend who is semi-professional. It’s amazing what you discover - who would have though I was descended from a long line of east-end chimney sweeps? Aye- aye me ol’ china!
- Music: mostly guitar or electric bass for the church music group but Stuart & I have previously been gigging musos.
- Sailing: these days I’m the regular crew on a friends 10m yacht, with lots of river crusing, and occasional trips across the North Sea.
If you like what I do, please feel free to buy me a beer!
- Phil Ashby CV 4 min read - Jun 3, 2025 - by phlash Phil’s current CV
- Phlash - the career bits 2 min read - Mar 29, 2025 - by Phlash My introduction post from dev.to, migrated back home