IT Systems & Audio Engineering — Sheffield, UK
I'm Daniel White. I design, install, and support the IT infrastructure and audio-visual systems behind small businesses, studios, and live venues across Sheffield and South Yorkshire.
About
I've worked in networking and telecoms since 2006 — starting on a college IT help desk, moving through infrastructure and telecoms engineering roles, and now working as a Senior Infrastructure Project Engineer for RA Information Systems in Chesterfield. Alongside that, I've run Canbury Sound & Technology since 2010, providing audio-visual and IT consultancy across Sheffield and London.
Both disciplines come down to the same thing — signal integrity: getting information from one point to another without loss, noise, or surprises. I hold a BSc (Hons) in Computing (Networks) from Sheffield Hallam University. I was previously a board trustee for the Talking News Federation, a charity for whom I recorded and distributed their annual conference.
Capabilities
Two skill sets, applied together — most clients only need one, but the overlap is where the interesting problems get solved.
RA Information Systems · Chesterfield
Delivering infrastructure projects for business clients — network design, server infrastructure, and telecoms deployments.
Canbury Sound & Technology · Sheffield & London
Independent audio-visual and IT consultancy — recording theatre organists, big bands and conferences, cloud migrations, VoIP, and bespoke web/email hosting for clients across Sheffield and London.
RA Information Systems · Chesterfield
Built and maintained internet, network, and telephony solutions for business centres, science parks, and incubation spaces.
HA Hosting & Holbrook Telecom · Sheffield
Infrastructure engineering across hosting and telecoms environments, working with Cisco, Mikrotik, and virtualisation platforms.
John Leggott College & RA Information Systems
Managed infrastructure for 4,000+ users at John Leggott College (Active Directory, Exchange, Cisco Wireless LAN), then moved into IT support and telecoms engineering for business clients.
Selected work
A handful of jobs that show the range — from server rooms to stage boxes.
Ran live sound for Spike Edney — longtime Queen touring keyboardist and musical director — and guitarist Jamie Moses on their "What's It Like To Be Spike?" show, mixing front-of-house for an evening of stories, music, and video from 50 years on the road with rock & roll icons.
The Musical Museum is a charity and concert venue in Brentford housing one of the world's largest collections of self-playing instruments, including a fully restored Wurlitzer theatre organ, alongside a 240-seat concert hall and cinema. We deployed UniFi Network, UniFi Access and UniFi Protect across the site, giving the museum managed Wi-Fi, door access control, and CCTV on a single unified platform. Ongoing maintenance of the site is provided on a voluntary basis.
Just completed on Campo Lane in Sheffield city centre — a former office building being converted into luxury apartments. Installed UniFi Network equipment throughout, including the latest Wi-Fi 7 U7 Pro XG access points, liaising directly with the client and the internet service provider, and coordinating with other trades on site including the electricians.
Migrated email, files, and collaboration over to Microsoft 365 — Outlook, OneDrive and SharePoint — and decommissioned legacy on-site servers in favour of the cloud, cutting hardware maintenance overhead while keeping data accessible and backed up wherever staff are working.
Whether it's a network that keeps dropping or a room that never sounds right, I'll come and take a proper look. Based in Sheffield, working across South Yorkshire.
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
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