My track record is almost entirely in the IT industry, often working with and learning from very talented people, including some of the pre-eminent innovators in software, hardware and cloud services. Following an honours degree in Computer Science, software and systems’ design and development has formed the foundation for a successful career in technology providers large and small; and this deep technical capability, combined with a life-long familiarity with many senior people, has proved essential in establishing my credentials as a trusted adviser who can reliably guide large budget-holders and investors.Employed in positions that embrace partners and clients, often in pre-sales and market development roles for seminal Silicon Valley corporations and start-ups, serves as an exemplar for the considerable value I can bring when best deployed, making the most of my knowledge of a wide range of technologies and how they can be used to service diverse business requirements around the world. And, when working closely with similarly ambitious product development, marketing and record-setting sales teams, I have proved to be most effective of all, helping construct and articulate compelling solutions, facilitating crucial multi-national deals, and making a significant contribution to revenue growth and improved profitability across the board.Specialities: commercial exploitation of Internet technologies (especially for search/marketing, eCommerce, cloud and mobile applications); "big data" (bioinformatics, behavioural analysis, financial prediction, etc.); database applications (RDBMS & NoSQL); customer relationship management (CRM); document processing (DIP) and content management (CMS); computer security and high availability systems; designing and implementing networked server (mostly x86 & SPARC, running UNIX, Linux, MS Windows and MacOS) and storage architecture; B2B & B2B2C sales and marketing; technology and start-up investment.