
eResearch consultant and practitioner, IT project/programme manager, consultant in distributed & collaborative projects
Leicester, United Kingdom

eResearch consultant and practitioner, IT project/programme manager, consultant in distributed & collaborative projects
Leicester, United Kingdom
30+ years in IT as manager, project manager, programme manager, developer working in Higher Education, Science Research, Investment Banking, Insurance, IT Services, Agriculture, Pharmaceuticals Marketing. Primary experience is in project management where new and emerging software technologies play a large part.
Since 2001 in HE as e-Science project manager; also volunteer community builder and chair/member of various JISC committees and workgroups.
project & programme management: distributed & collaborative projects, web application development, community building, open source development, bid writing
(Government Agency; 51-200 employees; Higher Education industry)
2008 — Present (1 year)
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
January 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)
(Government Agency; 51-200 employees; Higher Education industry)
2006 — Present (3 years)
(Higher Education industry)
2006 — Present (3 years)
(Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Research industry)
January 2002 — Present (7 years 7 months)
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
November 2001 — Present (7 years 9 months)
Project and programme manager for two e-Science projects in the field of astronomy.
(Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)
November 2001 — Present (7 years 9 months)
(Government Agency; 51-200 employees; Higher Education industry)
2003 — 2008 (5 years)
Member of JIIE committee, former member of Core Middleware Advisory Board, former member of IE workgroup, current chair of Users & Innovation workgroup, current chair of OSSWatch advisory group.
(Higher Education industry)
November 2001 — December 2007 (6 years 2 months)
(Higher Education industry)
January 2005 — December 2007 (3 years)
(Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2000 — May 2001 (1 year 2 months)
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Food & Beverages industry)
April 1998 — March 2000 (2 years)
(Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; Accounting industry)
July 1997 — March 1998 (9 months)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MER; Financial Services industry)
April 1994 — June 1997 (3 years 3 months)
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Financial Services industry)
October 1992 — March 1994 (1 year 6 months)
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
November 1987 — January 1990 (2 years 3 months)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; DEC; Computer Hardware industry)
November 1982 — November 1987 (5 years 1 month)
(Oil & Energy industry)
February 1981 — October 1982 (1 year 9 months)
(Publishing industry)
January 1980 — October 1980 (10 months)
(Oil & Energy industry)
April 1979 — December 1979 (9 months)
MA , Philosophy , 2004 — 2006
BSc , Physics & Applied Maths , 1970 — 1974
project management, argument visualisation, systems development methodologies, philosophy, arts, art history, english literature, poetry, science, online community building, web 2.0 technologies, semantic technologies