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JAMES HOULDER

INDEPENDENT MIND. CONNECTED INTERESTS.

James Houlder’s Japanese-inspired personal brand badge, featuring his portrait and Shogunet, DNS Daddy and Clear North Marketing

James Houlder

Technology. Security. Business.

Learning, building and sharing the journey.

I'm James — an IT professional, MSc Cyber Security student and independent creator. I enjoy exploring technology, building useful things and sharing what I learn along the way.

THE THINGS I’M BUILDING

Different interests. Shared curiosity.

01

Shogunet

Cloud. Networks. Security.

My independent technology venture and technical journal, documenting cloud infrastructure, networking, cybersecurity and hands-on engineering projects.

02

DNS Daddy

Open-source protective DNS

An open-source project exploring protective DNS, threat intelligence, network security and transparent security engineering.

03

Clear North Marketing

Marketing & Digital Strategy

My independent marketing venture, helping businesses understand their digital presence and identify opportunities to improve.

ELSEWHERE ON THE INTERNET

Find me online

A little about me

I'm a UK-based IT professional with experience managing business IT systems, networks and digital technologies.

I'm currently studying towards an MSc in Cyber Security while exploring cloud security engineering, networking, open-source development and entrepreneurship.

I enjoy learning by doing, documenting the challenges and sharing useful discoveries with others.

Outside my day-to-day work, I'm building DNS Daddy, developing Shogunet and running Clear North Marketing.

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Professional interests
  • Cybersecurity
  • Networking
  • Cloud computing
  • Linux
  • Open source
  • AI
  • Digital marketing
  • Entrepreneurship