Independent Metaverse Evangelist and Emerging Technology Consultant
Southampton, United Kingdom
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- Managing Director at Feeding Edge Ltd
- Past
- Education
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- Leicester Polytechnic
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Ian Hughes / epredator’s Summary
Ian was a Certified Consulting I/T Specialist with 18 years technical experience in IBM Services, and Hursley Lab and now the CIO office. Full public cv available on My Portfolio link above.
Now director of Feeding Edge Ltd
As a Metaverse Evangelist he the way for IBM in the new technology and social revolution caused by Second Life and similar technologies.
There has been massive growth in IBM's presence in the metaverse, and as part of the CIO innovate quick team he is leading the charge.
Received industry award for Virtual World Innovation in the Enterprise 9/2008
Client Server ->Web 1.0 Vauxhall,Wimbledon- > Web 2.0, Mashups, blogs, IM's -> Second Life skunkworks -> eightbar external blog -> eightbar SL group leaderless and self organizing and viral across corporation, internal wiki -> IBM world innovation jam -> CEO in Second Life -> Press work, fortune, business week, bbc etc-> seeing IBM emerging business unit form-> major customers in virtual worlds-> multi million dollar new industry.
In Emerging Technology in Hursley, covered practical delivery, futurology and consulting in many web based arenas. Web 1.0, 2.0.
A role as Technical Continuity Director for Blue Room in the centres for e-business Innovation. Setting the technical direction of customer e-business solutions. Providing technical leadership to 50 new media programmers, through practical day to day involvement. Ian has been working in interactive media and e-business for a number of years. He has both designed and implemented many key technical solutions for customers as a developer and as a technical leader and architect. Previously he has worked on host based systems to full functional client server developments.
His strengths are a wide range of technical abilities combined with practical working knowledge of real customer projects. Changing the way customers do business through the web and other e-business mediums is core to all his work.
Ian Hughes / epredator’s Specialties:
Second Life/MMO/Metaverse/Virtual Worlds
Emerging Technology, Web 2.0, social networking, user generated content, metaverse, virtual worlds, blogs, enterprise 2.0
Innovation, change
Bringing about corporate change, convincing and evangelizing
Avid gamer on all platforms since forever.
Ian Hughes / epredator’s Experience
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Managing Director
Feeding Edge Ltd
(Information Technology and Services industry)
February 2009 — Present (6 months)
Startup metaverse and emerging technology consultancy.
Taking a bite out of emerging technology so you dont have to.
Specializing in Virtual worlds, metaverses, social media, community and tribal creation, augmented reality, rapid fabrication/3d printing, speaking engagements and board advising. -
Metaverse Evangelist
IBM
(Public Company; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)
March 2006 — February 2009 (3 years)
As a metaverse evangelist leading the way through gaining experience and providing though leadership to ensure that the social and technical implications of places like second life are considered.
So far IBM membership and usage of Second Life has gone from 10's to 5,000 in 18 months.
Much of this has been through evangelising, demonstrations, considering the future, writing on blogs internal and external and general being enthusiastic and knowledgable.
The game based technology of Second Life and the metaverse often detracts from the serious message and direction that can be taken.
Explaining and gaining support has led to interesting political conversations too. -
consulting IT specialist
IBM
(Public Company; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 1990 — February 2009 (18 years 7 months)
Ian Hughes / epredator’s Education
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Leicester Polytechnic
2.1 , Information Technology , September 1986 — June 1990
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Ian Hughes / epredator’s Interests:
games, gadgets, metaverse,virtual worlds, evangelizing emerging technology
Ian Hughes / epredator’s Groups:
eightbar in Second Life
BCS
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The Greater IBM Connection: IBM's alumni program for past and present IBM employees -
OpenMetaverse Foundation -
Professional Speakers and Seminar Leaders -
Association of Virtual Worlds -
Eightbar -
Virtual Worlds Professional -
Marketing 2.0 Technology (Over 3300+ Members) -
Twitter -
Professional Second Lifers -
IBM Virtual Universe Community -
Virtual Job Candy -
VirtualWorlds -
Virtual Worlds Roadmap -
Open ThinkTank3D -
Casual MMORPG & MMO GAMES| MMO LIFE -
we20 -
HorizonWatching -
Ed Tech Start Ups -
e426 -
ThinkBalm Innovation Community -
ViO virtual business network
Ian Hughes / epredator’s Honors:
IBM consulting IT Specialist equivalent to MBCS CITP
IBM Senior Inventor
IBM Corporate Technical Recognition Event 2008
Virtual Worlds Industry Award for Innovation in the Enterprise 2008
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