Ryan Norton

Ryan Norton has a significant amount of work experience in the field of engineering and technical support. Ryan most recently worked for Hastings Direct as the Head of Cloud Engineering, starting in 2021. Prior to that, they worked for Lloyds Banking Group as a Senior Engineering Lead from 2020 to 2021, where they played a key role in responding to the Covid-19 pandemic. Ryan also had a long tenure at Lloyds Banking Group from 2014 to 2020, where they held various roles including Engineering Lead and SCCM Technical Specialist. Ryan began their career as a Technical Support Officer at Wakefield MDC in 2008 and worked as an ICT Technician at Freeston Business & Enterprise College from 2006 to 2008.

Ryan Norton attended New College Pontefract and obtained an AVCE in ICT. Ryan also attended Normanton Freeston High School and obtained their GCSE's. In terms of certifications, they acquired various certifications from Microsoft such as Microsoft Azure Fundamentals, MCSE: Cloud Platform and Infrastructure, MCTS: Administering and Deploying System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, MCSE: Server Infrastructure 2012, MCSA: Windows Server 2012, and Server Virtualization with Windows Server Hyper-V and System Center Specialist. Additionally, they obtained an ITIL Foundation certification. In December 2022, they became a Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate.