Oliver Bell

Current

Director, Standards Engagement, Australia & New Zealand at Microsoft

Past

Regional Technology Officer at Microsoft Asia Pacific
Director at Microsoft Corporation
Practice Manager - Public Sector at Microsoft Limited

Enterprise Strategy Consultant at Microsoft Limited
Director at Anglopean Limited

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Director, Standards Engagement, Australia & New Zealand

Microsoft

(Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

July 2009 — Present (5 months)
Regional Technology Officer

Microsoft Asia Pacific

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

December 2006 — July 2009 (2 years 8 months)

Lead technologist for Microsoft's Public Sector business in Asia Pacific, looking at how governments in the region use technology to enhance the way that they govern, working with citizens and businesses.
Director

Microsoft Corporation

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

August 2000 — December 2006 (6 years 5 months)

Director of Government Programs & Projects. Helping national governments work with Microsoft by investing in the companies level of transparency and co-operation with that country. My groups two principal focus areas were around issues of Interoperability and the sharing of Intellectual Property within Government.
Practice Manager - Public Sector

Microsoft Limited

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

April 1997 — August 2000 (3 years 5 months)

Led Microsoft's Public Sector consulting practice in the United Kingdom, with a focus on all aspects of Government including Civilian, Defense and Healthcare. The practice was a group of around 30 people working on a combination of project deployment and policy formation issues with the British government.
Enterprise Strategy Consultant

Microsoft Limited

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

October 1995 — April 1997 (1 year 7 months)

The Enterprise Strategy Consultant is a long term consulting engagement designed to help customers maximize the investment that they have made in Microsoft technology through a combination of strategy alignment and ongoing access to a wide range of Microsoft resources. During my time in this role I spent extended periods with customers such as the UK MoD, Inland Revenue and the Cabinet Office.
Director

Anglopean Limited

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Networking industry)

January 1990 — November 1995 (5 years 11 months)

Co-founder and Director of Anglopean, a consultancy formed to deal with a range of Networking and Infrastructure projects within the City of London. During the 5 years our company undertook a number of significant projects for customers such as the Trustee Savings Bank, Union Bank of Switzerland, and Warburgs among others.