Martin Armstrong: podcast appearances and interviews

Martin Armstrong is the Vice President of Payroll Shared Services for a Fortune 100 telecommunications company. His role involves overseeing payroll operations and managing shared services within the organization. While his professional background is centered on payroll management, he is also notably linked to the publishing and literary community through his recognition as an English writer and poet. His literary pursuits included publishing stories and being included in the final Georgian Poetry anthology, reflecting his engagement with poetic and narrative writing. Armstrong was born in Newcastle upon Tyne and received education at Charterhouse and Pembroke College, Cambridge. He served in World War I, volunteering with the British Army and serving in France as a Private in the Artists' Rifles. He was commissioned in 1915 into the 8th Battalion Middlesex Regiment, T.F., and was promoted to Lieutenant in 1916. Armstrong married Canadian writer Jessie McDonald in 1929, becoming the stepfather of Joan Aiken, and is known to have appeared in disguised form as a character in Conrad Aiken's work Ushant. His diverse experiences include military service, literary contributions, and leadership in payroll services.