My Tech Life: ‘My work energises me, I don’t get to a point where I feel exhausted’

Richard Haxby, country manager with MathWorks, a mathematical computing software business, on how he works

Richard Haxby, country manager, MathWorks: ‘There are no typical days.’ Picture: Michael Dillon

The working day

I’m an early bird. I function much better in the morning so I’m up around 5.30am. I start with yoga or a run. I’m a bit strange, I like to run in the rain. I always have breakfast and I’m a big porridge fan.

Then there is a quiet time of about 45 minutes before any of my colleagues are online, so I’ll use that to deal with anything that came in ...