Mark Kobayashi-Hillary

Mark Kobayashi-Hillary MBA MBCS CITP
Mark Kobayashi-Hillary is a British writer with a history of commenting on technology, outsourcing, globalisation, and corporate change. He is one of the best-known European experts on corporate change and globalisation and is a frequent media commentator. He has written the following books:

• Outsourcing to India: The Offshore Advantage (Springer 2004, 2nd edition 2005) – Author
• Technology and Offshore Outsourcing Strategies (Palgrave Macmillan 2005) Chapter Contributor
• Global Services: Moving to a Level Playing Field (British Computer Society 2007) – Co-author with Dr Richard Sykes
• Building a Future with BRICs: The Next Decade for Offshoring (Springer 2007) – Author and Editor
• The Outsourcing Yearbook (VNU Incisive 2007) Author
• Who Moved My Job? (Lulu 2008, Viva 2009) Author
• Talking Outsourcing (Lulu 2009) Author

Mark writes a regular blog for Computing (Incisive Media) magazine and is a frequent contributor to silicon.com (CBS). He publishes the Talking Outsourcing podcast on iTunes – one of the most frequently downloaded podcasts on this subject.

Mark holds a number of board positions:
• Director, UK National Outsourcing Association
• Board member, British Computer Society ELITE group (Effective Leadership in Information Technology)
• Founding member, British Computer Society working party on offshoring
• Board member, African Outsourcing Association – a body created by the United Nations and initially designed by Mark for the UN
• Advisory board member, Saffron Chase Communications
• Director, peerpex.com – a web based service designed to connect small businesses internationally

Mark is a visiting lecturer at the London South Bank University where he teaches MBA and MSc management students.
www.markhillary.com

Mark Kobayashi-Hillary’s Specialties:

outsourcing, offshoring, globalisation, globalization, marketing, branding, PR, public relations, writing, journalism, corporate communications, communications, editing

Mark Kobayashi-Hillary’s Experience

Advisory Board member

Saffron Chase

(Public Relations and Communications industry)

April 2009 — Present (9 months)
CEO

Peerpex.com

(Information Technology and Services industry)

2008 — Present (1 year )

Peerpex facilitates business between smaller companies all over the world
ELITE Board Member

British Computer Society

(Non-Profit; Information Technology and Services industry)

November 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)
Board Member African Outsourcing Association

United Nations

(Non-Profit; International Affairs industry)

October 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)
Blogger (Computing)

Incisive Media

(Privately Held; Publishing industry)

2006 — Present (3 years )
Director

National Outsourcing Association

(Think Tanks industry)

2005 — Present (4 years )

Focus on offshoring and globalisation
Founding Member Offshoring Working Party

British Computer Society

(Non-Profit; Information Technology and Services industry)

June 2004 — Present (5 years 7 months)
Visiting Lecturer

London South Bank University

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

June 2004 — Present (5 years 7 months)

Teach MBA and MSc students
Managing Director

Smallwood Consulting Ltd

(Information Technology and Services industry)

July 2003 — Present (6 years 6 months)

My personal company, for my writing and advisory work
Director

fxaWorld plc

(Banking industry)

June 2005 — October 2008 (3 years 5 months)
Research Director, Technologies

Commonwealth Business Council

(Non-Profit; International Trade and Development industry)

December 2004 — January 2006 (1 year 2 months)

Ran the technology research programme
European IT Programme Head

Sanford C. Bernstein

(Public Company; AB; Investment Management industry)

July 2002 — July 2003 (1 year 1 month)

Ran the technology projects for Europe
Director of Equity Trading Technology

Societe Generale

(Public Company; GLE; Banking industry)

September 1998 — June 2002 (3 years 10 months)

Managed equity trading technology for the bank globally, was especially focused on building the program trading business at SG during this time
Assistant to Director

Amnesty International

(Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

February 1998 — September 1998 (8 months)

Taking time out from the City - spent time advising Amnesty on their IT use and volunteering as assistant to the director
Consultant

Dealing Object Technology

(Information Technology and Services industry)

April 1996 — July 1997 (1 year 4 months)

Consultant in start-up trading floor technology firm - focused on connecting bank technology teams to data such as Reuters, Bloomberg, etc
Programmer Analyst

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ

(Privately Held; Banking industry)

September 1992 — April 1996 (3 years 8 months)

Started off coding trading floor software in BASIC, VB, but also used DELPHI and C, C++ - ended up as analyst for treasury trading floor
Programmer

Siemens

(Public Company; si; Information Services industry)

February 1991 — September 1992 (1 year 8 months)

Software developer working in BASIC, COBOL and focusing on EPOS systems for companies including Tesco and Dixons.
Apple stacker

Safeway

(Public Company; SWY; Supermarkets industry)

November 1987 — February 1991 (3 years 4 months)

Stacking apples on the produce section at Safeway in Sandhurst
Shelf stacker

Sainsburys

(Public Company; Retail industry)

September 1986 — November 1987 (1 year 3 months)

Stacking frozen food in Camberley
Paper boy

Martin McColl

(Retail industry)

September 1984 — September 1986 (2 years 1 month)

Mark Kobayashi-Hillary’s Education

London School of Economics and Political Science

PhD , Organisational Psychology , 2006 — 2007

Completed PhD first year - research still not completed
University of Liverpool

MBA , Business Administration , 2002 — 2004
Farnborough College of Technology

BTEC HND , Computer Science & Software Engineering , 1988 — 1990

Activities and Societies:

NUS Representative

Additional Information

Mark Kobayashi-Hillary’s Interests:

Music, theatre, writing, cricket, boxing, running, cycling...

Mark Kobayashi-Hillary’s Groups:

British Computer Society
National Outsourcing Association
United Nations

IT/Software Development Outsourcing and Offshoring
INDIA OUTSOURCING
Global Sourcing Professionals
Offshoring & Outsourcing Forum
Technology Outsourcing– Professionals/ Software Developers/ Freelancers/ Programmers/ Entrepreneurs
Shared Services and Outsourcing Network (SSON)
`Finance Director Europe - CFO & FD network'
BCS ELITE
BPO Executives
Outsourcing & Offshoring
Outsourcing in Romania
The BPO and Offshoring Best Practices Forum
Vietnam IT Outsourcing
BusinessCloud9
Global Sourcing Forum + Expo
UK technology journalists and PRs
The Outsourcing Institute (OI)
Outsourcing@UK
The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals® (IAOP®)
Talking Outsourcing
National Outsourcing Association
Tomorrow's IT Leaders
FDE breakfast delegatges (for 4 December 2009, London briefing)
silicon.com
Peerpex