Our Team

John McKenzie

John is the Editor-in-Chief here and considers himself a connoisseur of all chocolate deep fried (such as the Mars Bar) and Irn Bru. Based just outside of Glasgow in Scotland he is married with 3 young daughters and has always carried a passion for writing technology news since his early days writing as a reviewer and news writer on tracyandmatt.co.uk. You can get in touch with John by emailing john@landoftechnology.com

Tyler Maciaszek

Tyler is one of the longest serving team members at Land of Technology. Starting out as a 14 year old writing for Land of Droid he has fast became an integral part of the site and has interests in Android, Linux, iOS and all sports known to man.

Jeremy Meiss

Jeremy aka Jerdog is the OEM Relations Manager and Senior Moderator over @ XDA Developers and when he's not over there you can find him writing reviews on Land of Technology.

Dave

Semi-Retired. Love writing about all things techie. My first computer was a NCR 386 pulled from a main frame at the NCR development center used for ATM design in Dundee.

Ubuntu Bhoy

Grumpy old Scot with a taste in gadgets and technology that my pocket can't match which always leads to everything I own being modded into oblivion as I try and make an 8086 run like a super-computer. I also make up my own words, and refuse to follow any spelling conventions. Member of MarchOfTheDroids organising committee.

Joe

I'm Joe, here at Land of Technology I will be posting mostly Android/Linux/Open-Source related reviews/news and everything else as well as hiding in the background making sure the site runs to the best it possibly can!

Stephen Rodgers

Stephen has been with with Land of Droid since the site launched and is the oldest member of the team. A father of 3 and husband with a passion for rooting, modding and Android in general.

Glenn Blair

Lawyer by day, tech geek by night...or something like that anyway. Glenn is an Android enthusiast, Windows and Linux PC user and general technology nut. All opinions expressed are his own, genuine and true (to the best of his knowledge). #Suitup #Awesome

Chris Summerfield

Chris is the Android gaming nut of the team. He's probably got more games under his belt than is possible to complete in a year of 24 hour non stop gaming. He currently repairs phones for a living to feed his 2 young boys. Chris runs his entire digital life from an Android device opting to not own a PC

Tony Parkinson

Tony started out with Land of Droid almost 1 year ago and has since become a valued contributor posting when he gets the time. An avid Minecraft, Android and X-Box 360 fan he also has a passion for F1 racing and a good beer.

Sami Mughal

Sami Mughal is an electronics engineer, who has the habit of being the gadget nerd among the nerds. Well, he tries.

Jamie Ryan

Jamie Ryan is the Apple Editor at Land Of Technology. He has been working in consumer technology for the last decade having held positions at BSkyB, Samsung Mobile and Apple. If you have anything you would like to discuss then please do not hesitate to get in touch using the following info: Email: jamieryan@landoftechnology.com Twitter: @ChunkyGeek

@mdearlove

Day job as a Software Trainer in the Mobile Network world. Provide technical support to Family, friends, friends friends and their dogs - that's how it feels anyway!

james

You will see me floating around all the pages here. An article here, an editorial there. I mainly work on the android side of things but being a huge fan of technology I have my finger in all the pies.

Stu

IT Support by day, gamer by night. Stu is happily married with 2 awesome children and likes playing Forza Horizon (A lot), and tinkering with the odd bit of (rubbish) web design, graphics, and android development.

Laura Hogan

22 year old online marketer..... Owner of a HTC 8X, Mac and Nexus 7 - it's like I have the full set (minus BB)

Darren

An Analyst in real life, which is perhaps where he learnt his pedantry, rather than write of his own accord Darren will normally be found picking holes in the creative work of others. Please pick on him if you spot spelling or grammatical errors on the site. Based in Edinburgh, Scotland, Darren is an Android fan, for his sins an Aberdeen FC fan and also UK Country Manager on our partner service Waze.

Obi Onyeador

Obi is an IT Consultant currently working at USA TODAY. He is also the founder of 44technology.com and a Google Glass Explorer. He believes "There is no spoon."

Asko Mattila

Tech geek from frozen wasteland.

Rachid Otsmane-Elhaou

Rachid Otsmane-Elhaou (27) is a Business Analyst by day, but his real passion is technology, and in particular android (how can you not love the little green guy?). Rachid runs the Droid-Den website, that came about with a mission to help and inform android users about the great device(s) they have in their grasp.