
Lead Architect, Conferences at O'Reilly Media
York, United Kingdom

Lead Architect, Conferences at O'Reilly Media
York, United Kingdom
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Conference chair, software developer, writer and editor. Creator of the Expectnation system for conference organisation and management. Co-chair of the O'Reilly Open Source Convention.
Was chair of the XTech conference series for 8 years. Author of "Learning Rails", "Mono: A Developer's Notebook". Former editor of XML.com, WebServices.XML.com and XMLhack.com. Developer on the Debian GNU/Linux project and the GNOME project. Freelance writer for IBM developerWorks. Co-founder of life-science intellectual property exchange Pharmalicensing.com.
Professional: conference organisation, editorial and commentary in the computing industry, small business management. Software: Ruby on Rails, Free Software, Linux, GNOME, Semantic Web, XML.
(Privately Held; Publishing industry)
September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)
Leading the development of web applications supporting the conference business.
(Internet industry)
2007 — Present (2 years )
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
September 1999 — Present (10 years 3 months)
The Useful Information Company provides consulting and training on web technologies, including Ruby on Rails and the semantic web.