Kenneth Spencer, owner of K A Spencer
(Software) built his first computer in 1978 from electronic
components and a favourite microprocessor of the day, the
Rockwell 6502. He has designed and written software ever since.In 1980 his games program "Fantastic Voyage" for the ZX81 (later released for the ZX Spectrum and BBC computers), rose to the Top Ten Games for several weeks.
Late in 1989, Kenneth won the prize for Best Article and Program in C Magazine, for his article and programs "Mandelbrot on EGA" which enabled users to explore the Mandelbrot Set to the limits of the technology then available.
Kenneth worked for Bath District Health Authority as Systems Manager, where he implemented and performed much in-house development of a major Oracle database for the Authority's Healthcare Purchasing, Public Health and Health Care activity analysis functions. He then implemented this system for the new Health Commission for Wiltshire and Bath (now Wiltshire Health Authority) where he worked as Systems Development Manager and later, Assistant Director for Information.
More recently Kenneth has devoted himself full-time to operating K A Spencer (Software) as a high quality personal information technology support and consultancy service, providing support to small businesses, individual professionals (doctors, journalists, farmers, builders, lecturers) and to general medical practices in Somerset and Wiltshire.
As well as several professional and other qualifications, Kenneth holds a Master of Science degree in Medical Computing from the University of Wales.