Way back in 1996, Gerald took a Big Step and attended the first Discworld Convention. At some point he started volunteering for Tech: from crawling under the stage pulling cables, balancing at the top of a ladder hanging and aiming lights, to operating a camera and working some of the consoles. Now he thought it was time for another Big Step.

In real life, Gerald is an IT person at a software company where, sooner or later, everything with a power cord requires his attention. He is part of a pub quiz team and enjoys the occasional beer and curry.