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Karl Rivers
Director of ITDepartment: IT Services
Job title: Director of IT
Date joined the RGS: September 2015
Q. What's the best thing about working at the RGS?
A. The free coffee. Oh, and the amazing group of friends and colleagues.
Q. What do you love about your department?
A. My team are great fun and exceptionally professional. It's a pleasure to come to work every day.
Q. Which staff social groups are you involved in?
A. I work in IT.....
Q. What do you enjoy doing in your spare time?
A. I love tinkering with my Raspberry Pis, coding useful web apps, reading and not playing or watching football.
Q. If you could choose any other career, what would it be?
A. I'd love to work in HR coming up with strange questions to ask people.
Q. What is your motto in life?
A. "Turn it off and on again"
Q. If you could give one bit of advice to your younger self what would it be?
A. What do you mean? I'm still young!
Q. What would be the title of your autobiography?
A. Error 404.