Objective
A distributed work evangelist who has not worn full length trousers to a meeting since 2020. Treats owning a ring light as infrastructure experience.
Head of Remote Culture · Anywhere Digital
2021 to present
- > Ran 400 video calls from the waist up
- > Introduced a virtual watercooler that nobody attended twice
- > Answered every question about productivity with a photograph of a beach
Independent Consultant · Self
2020 to 2021
- > Advised four companies on asynchronous working, synchronously, at 9am
- > Maintained a bookshelf arranged entirely for camera framing
- > Answered a question about deadlines with a photograph of a hammock
Achievements
- > Has said you are on mute in nine countries
- > Once presented for six minutes to a frozen screen
- > Owns three desks and works from none of them
Skills
- [x] Background blur
- [x] Timezone arithmetic, incorrect
- [x] Strategic camera off
- [x] Typing loudly to indicate presence
Endorsements
“Tom is always available, in principle.” · Client
“I have only ever seen his top half.” · Colleague of four years
display_properties.exe
> Wallpaper: bliss.bmp. Applied 2003. Never changed.
> I still use this because I do not know how to change it.
readme.txt
> This file was last modified in 1997.
> No further updates are planned.
disclaimer.txt
This CV will not get you hired. It might make someone snort-laugh.