Andy has 40 years of experience in the design and implementation of corporate IT solutions; the last 30 years being focused in the Information Security arena.Andy graduated with an Honours degree in Civil Engineering from Newcastle University, and is a member of the British Computer Society, a Chartered Engineer and European Engineer (FEANI).An expert on the application of Digital Rights Management to real-world information security, Andy has presented papers to the W3C working group on Digital Rights Management, and co-invented and was granted US Patent US7210039B2 (aimed at protecting and publishing content) in 2007.Andy has also assisted several organisations in building and applying Digital Object Architecture using CNRI Handle, including the UK Department for Education and Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.