Technology Writer and Journalist
London, United Kingdom
- Current
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- Freelance Technology Writer and Journalist at Freelance
- Past
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- Freelance IT consultant at Fehen Consulting Ltd
- Senior Consultant at ECsoft UK
- Senior Consultant at Ciber
- Education
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- University of Bath
- University of Bath
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Simon Bisson’s Summary
Freelance technology writer and journalist
With a wide background in IT and engineering, I mix deep technical knowledge with the ability to explain complex subjects in simple, easy to understand terms.
Currently available for journalism and technology writing (including commercial white papers and ghostwriting).
On a freelance basis I write about enterprise IT for IT Pro, Server Management and IT Expert, developer for PC Plus, as well as covering web technologies for Web Designer. I occasionally write about consumer IT for Tom's Guide and Tom's Hardware.
I have written technology white papers for many of the world's top IT companies, as well as undertaking commissioned commercial writing for corporate magazines and publications, as well as for newspaper supplements.
Recent deliveries include a series on working with Amazon's cloud computing tools, a guide to software as a service written for the Association of Chartered Accounts for England and Wales, whitepapers for a hosted email management service, sections of the Business Link web site, articles for a supplement to The Times, and coverage of the latest tools and technologies for web designers and developers.
Simon Bisson’s Specialties:
Web services, XML, IT strategy, infrastructure, solutions architectures,service oriented architectures, messaging technologies, mobile computing, IT journalism, technology journalism, white paper authoring, article authoring, media consultancy.
Simon Bisson’s Experience
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Freelance Technology Writer and Journalist
Freelance
(Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2003 — Present (6 years 8 months)
I write about enterprise IT for IT Pro, Server Management and IT Expert, developer for PC Plus, as well as covering web technologies for Web Designer. I occasionally write about consumer IT for Tom's Guide and Tom's Hardware.
Mary Branscombe and I jointly write a technology blog for UK news site IT Pro.
I have written technology white papers for many of the world's top IT companies, as well as undertaking commissioned commercial writing for corporate magazines and publications, as well as for newspaper supplements.
Recent deliveries include a series on working with Amazon's cloud computing tools, a guide to software as a service written for the Association of Chartered Accounts for England and Wales, whitepapers for a hosted email management service, sections of the Business Link web site, articles for a supplement to The Times, and coverage of the latest tools and technologies for web designers and developers. -
Freelance IT consultant
Fehen Consulting Ltd
(Information Technology and Services industry)
May 2003 — December 2008 (5 years 8 months)
Technology consulting for a range of clients. Projects have mainly been technology assessments and IT strategy roadmap development for organisations facing significant change management issues.
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Senior Consultant
ECsoft UK
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
March 2002 — April 2003 (1 year 2 months)
Senior consultant working in an architecture role in the Channels practice of ECsoft. Involved in a range of projects for private and public clients - including knowledge management, web services architecture work and developing the organisational web testing and IM strategies.
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Senior Consultant
Ciber
(Information Technology and Services industry)
2002 — 2003 (1 year )
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Technology Strategist
Scient
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; SCNT; Information Technology and Services industry)
December 1999 — March 2002 (2 years 4 months)
Consultant specialising in large scale web architectures and technology choices. UK technology lead for mobiile web application development. UK technology lead for XML solutions.
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Consultant
ECsoft UK
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
November 1996 — November 1999 (3 years 1 month)
Involved in creating the company's Ecommerce practice. Developed and delivered the first major ebusiness solutions for ECsoft clients, working across a wide selection of industries and technologies.
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Technical Manager
UK Online
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
May 1994 — November 1996 (2 years 7 months)
Launched the UK's first web-based online service. Ran technical services for a national ISP in the early days of dial-up connectivity...
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Research Engineer
GEC Hirst Research
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Telecommunications industry)
1991 — April 1994 (3 years )
Research engineer in the Systems and Circuits group, specialising in advanced local loop technologies.
Worked on cable telephony, ADSL, wireless mobility and wireless office.
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