He has a doctorate in Computer Science and was once a Web Developer at the University at Birmingham. Elliot has also worked with Open Advantage, a government-supported initiative which encourages West Midlands businesses to use and produce open source software. Recently, his first book, Ruby on Rails Enterprise Application Development: Plan, Program, Extend was published by Packt. In his spare time, he enjoys gardening, reading, listening to music, and spending time with his family.