{"id":15,"date":"2023-12-13T23:01:31","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T23:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dancingcloudservices.com\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2023-12-14T17:36:32","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T17:36:32","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dancingcloudservices.com\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Simon"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-id15_62a731-b8 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id15_62a731-b8 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id15_62a731-b8 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 2fr) minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id15_62a731-b8 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id15_62a731-b8 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 2fr) minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id15_62a731-b8 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style><div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id15_62a731-b8 alignnone wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-2-columns kt-row-layout-left-golden kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-top\">\n<style>.kadence-column15_450639-2a > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column15_450639-2a > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column15_450639-2a > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column15_450639-2a > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column15_450639-2a > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column15_450639-2a > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column15_450639-2a{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column15_450639-2a > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column15_450639-2a > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column15_450639-2a\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<p>Greetings, I&#8217;m Simon Roberts, president of Dancing Cloud Services, LLC. I founded the company in 2004, after I had spent nine years with Sun Microsystems, Inc. as a senior instructor and course developer. While I was with Sun, I lead the introduction of Java training by Sun in the U.K. teaching their first Java class in December 1995 at their training center in Camberley west of London. I built Sun&#8217;s first five-day Java programming class and developed Sun&#8217;s original Java certification exams in 1998.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before joining Sun in 1995, I worked as both a software engineer, specializing in industrial control systems, and a teacher, as a part-time member of a local University&#8217;s staff in my then-home-town of Cambridge, England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since leaving Sun, I&#8217;ve been privileged to develop and deliver training for clients around the world. I loves traveling and discovering new cultures, and also learning how to teach effectively within those cultures. 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