Pete Bumstead

Pete Bumstead

Hi … 
           …my name is Pete Bumstead. Together with my brother Alan and his son Josh we have formed an online business called Red Rocket Marketing …you may already have had the dubious pleasure of my company on some of the videos we are publishing about identity theft and protecting yourself whilst online… or you may have visited our DIY Green Energy blog or the DIY Solar and Wind Energy review site. Anothet video introduction to green energy is available here or you could visit our redrocketmarketers channel on YouTube. 

Our aim is to try to provide some reliable, quality information for you on a few selected topics close to our hearts. This site covers one of them. ID Theft and online security are paramount issues for anyone spending time on the internet. Many people are blissfully unaware of the ‘footprint’ they leave on the ‘net and the level of exposure they are under whilst surfing. 

The other main area of interest is green energy; more specifically diy green energy or how you can build solar panels or wind turbines at home to reduce your dependance on the utility companies. 

Josh and Alan have their own short story to tell you so I’ll get on with telling mine. I’m 54 (sorry 55 now!) and I also left school at age 15 with no qualifications as I had always known that I would join the army… this I did and spent three years studying at a military college learning a trade in electronics. 

I then went on to serve a further three years including time in N. Ireland and a glorious year in Cyprus… and loved every minute (well, nearly …. the hangovers were a bit of a nightmare!) 

I came out and joined the civvie street ‘rat race’! I have spent the rest of my career working my way through the manufacturing industry ranks to achieve Production Director & Ops Director status in two or three major companies… with the cars and salary etc… that’s all well and good but longer hours, harder work and constantly more pressure. 

I have also had a few ‘stabs’ at doing my own thing, including an online shop… the competition is equally as fierce as on the high street! 

I’ve always had an interest in IT since the days of the Sinclair ZX81 & Spectrum (does anyone remember

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 them?)… I bought my first PC in 1983… £5k for an IBM 8086, green screen, 640kb of RAM and a 10Mb hard-drive … and you trying telling the youngsters these days…!!! 

Ever since I have been involved in driving IT in business and using computers at home for teaching myself

 as much as I can learn and game playing …I enjoy FPS and flight sims (FSX is brilliant!)!!

Following a series of discussions with my brother, Alan, late in 2008, I started to ‘see’ what the net marketing thing is really about… so we’ve spent a while researching and planning and this is us… we’re here and here to stay……welcome to Red Rocket Marketing!

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