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Jonathan accidentally stumbled into the IT profession 26 years ago. It
took him that long to find a viable way out, but he retired in 2007.
Graduating in Philosophy and Politics in 1979, he searched in vain for
Ph.D. funding for about 6 months, before realising that he would
probably have to get a job. So he became the data controller for a major
producer of Scotch Whisky, and found himself in charge of a 4 floppy
disk drive, no HDD, 64k Rair Black Box. He taught himself how to program
using MBasic, and sat back to enjoy the product - of the company.
In July 1983 he joined the Knowledge-Based Systems Centre at the (then)
Polytechnic of the South Bank in London. He struggled with LiSP and
Prolog for a few months before becoming Project Manager of Esprit
Project 12, the very first KADS project. He specialised in Knowledge
Acquisition, and after many wonderful experiences, set up KBSC Ltd., as
one of 4 directors.
In July 1988 KBSC Ltd. was acquired by Deloitte (actually it was Touche
Ross Management Consultants then). Having just become a father, Jonathan
thought that he would probably give IT Consulting a go for a couple of
years. 19 years later, he retired.
During his IT career he:
- managed the delivery of card fraud identification systems for
financial services clients;
- implemented SAP and Oracle systems in both professional services and
telecommunications industries;
- helped ensure that the world's largest mobile phone company didn't
crash and burn on 1st January 2000 (it didn't);
- assured the technical delivery of Transport for London's Congestion
Charging scheme, and
- advised on a wide range of IT related issues.
He became a Director of Deloitte Consulting in 2001, and a Principal in
Deloitte in 2004. He is a Fellow of the BCS and is a CITP.
He still likes whisky, and whiskey.
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