Awards, Accolades and Appearances

2017

Saggezza Stars, May 2017 – Saggezza UK operates a Saggezza Stars rewards programme, which rewards employees who go beyond what is necessary. This is my third company award which I earned for the effort put into the Communisis GMC LV project; frequently working extra hours and occasionally travelling to Liverpool.

2016

UK Anime Network Podcast Live – Scotland Loves Anime 2016; Audience Guest Appeared on the UK Anime Network’s podcast during their livestream for Scotland Loves Anime from the Edinburgh Filmhouse Guild Room at 10:30am on Sunday 23rd October 2016. Click here to listen.

NekoDesu 22/10/2016; Guest – Appeared as a guest on the NekoDesu radio show on The Cat 107.9FM for the Scotland Loves Anime show. Coming to Crewe, Nantwich and the world from a hotel room at the Haymarket Travelodge. Click here to listen.

Nintendo UK Twitter Feed, July 2016 – Appeared in a photo on the Nintendo UK Twitter feed after their Saturday live gameplay of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild at Hyper Japan Festival 2016. Click here to view.

Charisma.com Twitter Feed, July 2016 – Appeared in a photo on the Charisma.com Twitter feed at their performance at Hyper Japan Festival 2016, which took place at the London Olympia. Click here to view.

Saggezza Stars, February 2016 – Saggezza UK operates a Saggezza Stars rewards programme, which rewards employees who go beyond what is necessary. I was awarded a Saggezza Star for operating outside of my role and helping out with writing high level functional specifications for clients coming through a programme supported by Sunderland Software City.

2015

Saggezza Stars, June 2015 – Saggezza UK operates a Saggezza Stars rewards programme, which rewards employees who go beyond what is necessary. I was awarded a Saggezza Star for managing the laptop upgrade requested by a client across the two agile development teams.

2014

Associate Producer, Patema Inverted UK Ultimate Edition, Anime Limited – As a Kickstarter reward for crowd-funding the Ultimate Edition UK release of the Yasuhiro Yoshiura directed anime film Patema Inverted, I was credited as an Associate Producer.

Imagine-Nation, 13th August, Tokyo Ghoul, NHK World – Featured viewer comment

2013

Northumbria Students’ Union Volunteering Award – Completed over 195 hours of volunteering over the 2012/2013 academic year.

2012

Northumrbia Students’ Union Society Awards 2012, Best Treasurer; Computer and Video Games Society – Awarded for going above and beyond the scope of the treasurer role and the valuable contributions made to the Students’ Union.

Northumrbia Students’ Union Society Awards 2012, Best Special Interest Society; Computer and Video Games Society – An award for being the best society out of the ‘Special Interest’ group over the 2011/2012 academic year.

2011

The Politics Show, BBC One – Crowd appearance with Northumbria Students’ Union’s Computer and Video Game Society as part of a feature on the UK Games Industry

2010

Doctor Who Confidential, BBC Three – Crowd appearance at the Doctor Who Series 5 Outreach Launch Event at the University of Sunderland

2009

Young Enterprise Engineering Industry Masterclass, Best Bridge – Participated in an engineering masterclass event at The Roker Hotel, Sunderland organised by Young Enterprise North East. My team took the award of Best Bridge at the event, constructing a bridge out of household materials that held the most weight.

Young Enterprise Engineering Industry Masterclass, Best Financially Managed Bridge – My team also took the award for Best Financially Managed Bridge, in spending finances wisely on resources.

2008

Austin & Pickersgill Prize for Physics – Southmoor Community School award for achievement in physics sponsored by Austin & Pickersgill

2007

Southmoor Community School, Certificate of Appreciation, French Club – Certificate of appreciation of contributions to the conversation classes held by the ALT at Southmoor Community School’s lunchtime French Club.

2006

Southmoor Community School, Headteacher’s Award for Excellence in Music – Awarded for research project on British rock band Queen.