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My current main client is Bloor Research International, where I am Practice Leader with responsibility for Development and Governance. I am also an Expert Contributor on CIO Watercooler and on the committee of the BCS Configuration Management Specialist Group (BCS-CMSG).I was Associate Editor on The Register online magazine and launch editor (with Martin Banks) for Register Developer, a 2005 spin-off title. I helped plan, document and photograph the CMMI Made Practical conference at the IoD, London in 2005 (http://ww.cmminews.com). I have also written many research reports including one on IT Governance for Thorogood.I was freelance Co-Editor (and part owner) of Application Development Advisor (a magazine, www.appdevadvisor.co.uk, now defunct) for several years.Before I became a journalist in 1992, I worked for Swiss Bank Corporation (SBC). At various times I was responsible for Systems Development Method for the London operation, the Technical Risk Management framework in Internal Control, and was Network Manager for Corporate group.I carried out a major risk evaluation for PC systems connecting across the Bank’s perimeter to external systems and prioritised major security issues for resolution by the Bank’s top management in London. I also formulated a Security Policy for London Branch and designed a secure NetWare network for the Personnel Dept.Before 1988 I was an Advisory Systems Engineer in Bank of America, Croydon in database administration (DBA). on COBOL-based IMS business systems.Before 1982, I worked in the Australian Public Service, first as a DBA in the Dept of Health (responsible for IMS mainframe systems) and latterly as a Senior Research Officer 2 in the Bureau of Transport Economics.Specialties: I have the ability to extract the essence of significant technical developments and present it for general consumption, at various levels, without compromising the underlying technical truth.

Listed skills include Technical Writing, Market Analysis, Fine Art Photography, Cloud Computing, and 31 others.

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