IT Consultant at IBM UK
Southampton, United Kingdom
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- IT Consultant at IBM UK
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- Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Southampton
- Technology Support Coordinator at Agentlink III
- Administration Assistant at Brighton and Hove Council's Business Services Department
- Education
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- University of Southampton
- University of Plymouth
- University of Sussex
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Steve Munroe’s Summary
I am a highly proactive individual working as an IT Consultant for IBM UK. Previously I have been involved in technology-based postdoctoral research, having gained a PhD in computer science from Southampton University. I have exceptionally strong problem-solving and analysis skills and excel at presenting complex problems to non-technical audiences. My career aim is to develop and use my skills for solving difficult business problems in a technology consulting role.
Commercial Exposure
• Two years experience investigating the development and impact of technology within commercial enterprises.
• Led several analyses of technical and business issues with wide ranging client groups.
• Conducted detailed analysis of future expectations for technology with businesses.
• Experience of how the role of research and development is conducted within large multi-national corporations.
Project Management
• Over five years experience successfully setting, planning, scheduling and achieving goals.
• Skilled at coordinating multiple schedules across several projects.
• Experience of managing project dissemination activities across five geographically distributed partners.
• Enjoy working off-site at client locations, both nationally and internationally.
Information Management and Analysis
• Conducted extensive review of state-of-the-art of, and development of a novel system for, automated negotiation (as might be used in e-business).
• Produced an overview of the current and future position of agent technology across several industry sectors.
Communication
• Conducted many information gathering interviews with CIO’s and managers.
• Experienced at authoring articles for technical as well as business audiences.
• Five years experience of public speaking at conferences, workshops and symposia.
• Authored a special report aimed at government policy makers for the Department of Trade and Industry’s Foresight report on cognitive systems.
Steve Munroe’s Specialties:
Technical Skills
• Experienced user of Windows operating system, MS Excel, PowerPoint, Word and SPSS.
• Intermediate experience of Java, PHP, XML, HTML, CSS, Web Services, and RSS.
Steve Munroe’s Experience
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IT Consultant
IBM UK
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)
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Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Southampton
(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2006 — March 2007 (1 year 3 months)
EU Grid Provenance (www.gridprovenance.org/)
This project is in its final year, and is funded by the EU Commission’s 6th Framework Program. Commercial partners include IBM and the German Aerospace Center.
• Coordinated and managed the project’s dissemination output for all project partners.
• Authored a key document describing the technical output of the project to non-specialist developers.
• Played key role in the development on the project’s technical standardisation effort.
• Lead author for key aspects of the project’s main architectural effort. -
Technology Support Coordinator
Agentlink III
(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
October 2004 — January 2006 (1 year 4 months)
AgentLink III (www.agentlink.org/)
A pan-European project for Agent Based Computing, funded by the European Commission's 6th Framework Program.
• Played key role in the development and publication of the AgentLink III Agent Technology Roadmap, a 100 page document with international importance for the uptake of agent technology across numerous sectors.
• Led an 18-month consultation with experts in commercial agent technology, including the 192 members of AgentLink III and experts in the UK, Europe, the Americas, Japan and Australasia.
• Coordinated the deployment of several web-based content management systems, enhancing the visitor experience to the project’s web site. -
Administration Assistant
Brighton and Hove Council's Business Services Department
(Government Agency; 51-200 employees; Government Administration industry)
June 1997 — June 2000 (3 years 1 month)
• Managed the smooth decommissioning of the car leasing scheme.
• Maintained the operational effectiveness of the filing registry through a difficult transitional/restructuring period.
• Developed several automated Excel spreadsheets to improve efficiency of the business department’s postal accounting procedures.
Steve Munroe’s Education
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University of Southampton
PhD , Distributed Systems, Intelligent Agents , 2001 — 2005
Title: Motivation and Autonomy for Pre-Negotiation.
Aim: The thesis enables computational agents to use negotiation as a tool extend their aims, while ensuring that agreements reached are consistent with ongoing objectives. -
University of Plymouth
MSc (Distinction) , Computer Science , 2000 — 2001
Dissertation Project: An investigation into the Baldwin effect in the evolution of language. Results from this project were subsequently published in the Journal of Artificial Life.
- Activities and Societies:
- Student representative.
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University of Sussex
BA (First Class honours) , Psychology , 1997 — 2000
Final Year project: Examination into the way the brain stores and processes different kinds of faces using psychophysical experimental techniques on human subjects.
Winner of the best undergraduate research prize
Additional Information
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Steve Munroe’s Interests:
Technology and Business, A.I., Cognitive Science, Technology Consultancy
Steve Munroe’s Groups:
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Groovy User Group
Steve Munroe’s Contact Settings
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