Born, 11 March 1986, in Glasgow, Scotland. He lived most of his childhood in Clarkston, a suburb of Glasgow. Martin attended St. Joseph's Primary School, and then St. Ninian's High School where he achieved his Standard Grades followed by his Highers and his Advanced Highers.
Martin graduated from St Andrews University in June 2008 with a BSc in Computer Science and Management, with First class honours. He won IT student of the year 2008 at the Science Engineering and Technology (SET) awards SET Awards webpage. He works as a software engineer at Data Connection Limited Data Connection's Webpage
