Modernising industry Archives - Page 6 of 7

Geoff Henderson

Geoff Henderson was an IBM’er for 27 years, between 1973 and 2000, joining as a systems engineer and retiring as Region Director Finance Sector, EMEA. Before joining IBM Geoff worked for the Steel Company of Wales from 1960 to ’73, where he headed the team that developed the world’s first-real time shop floor reporting system in the steel industry.

14 November 2019

David Southward

David Southward was a co-founder of Cambridge Consultants in 1960 as a fresh graduate from Cambridge: the foundation of CC is considered to be the start of the Cambridge Phenomenon. The first digital computer he saw after working on analogue computers was a Digital Equipment PDP/11. He went on to become technical director of Sinclair Research working closely with Sir Clive Sinclair. There he helped design the screen for Sinclair’s miniature tv, a storage device for the Sinclair microcomputers and a printer for them.

28 June 2019

Richard Christou

Richard has a background of three different cultures that he’s worked with, the telecommunication supply side, he worked for ICL as it then was and he’s worked extensively for Fujitsu and particularly in the services sector.

21 June 2019

John Yard CBE

John Yard CBE played a pivotal role in the management and outsourcing of IT systems at the Inland Revenue. First EDS got the outsourcing contract and then, for the first time in the market, he managed the transfer of the contract to CapGemini. He helped the Revenue become a pioneer in the implementation of large scale IT systems

7 June 2019

Judith Scott

After taking a postgraduate diploma in computer science at Cambridge University, Judith started her IT career in Canada as a systems engineer. She later joined Gandalf Systems, eventually managing the UK subsidiary until 1995 when she became Chief Executive of the British Computer Society.

26 March 2019

Simon Peyton Jones

Simon Peyton Jones has dedicated his career to functional programming, and was the designer of the Haskell functional programming language. In 1989 he became Professor of Computing Science at Glasgow University, and is now a principal researcher at Microsoft. He has just been appointed chair of the new National Centre for Computing Education.

22 March 2019

Jo Twist OBE

Dr Jo Twist has a background in technology, education, media, journalism and youth culture, and a PhD in online communities. She has been CEO of the trade body for games and entertainment and is CEO of BPI, the representative voice of UK record companies and labels.

5 March 2019