| Chairman | Tim Lambertstock |
| Vice Chairman | Sheila Lloyd Lyons |
| Past Chair | Sheila Lloyd Lyons |
| Secretary | Brian Day |
| Treasurer | Tony Cox |
| CPD | Brian Read |
| Women in Computing | tbd |
| YPG Contact | tbd |
| Webmaster | Gerry Rohling |
| E-mail Administrator | Gerry Rohling |
| Press and Publicity | refer to Chair |
| Backup E-mail Administrator | Brian Day |
| Committee Members | Geoff Stone |
| James Bacon | |
| Sverker Griph | |
| Simon Marsh | |
| former committee member | Jenny Adcock |
| former webmaster and committee member | Adrian Walmsley |
| Council member, former committee member and Branch Chairman | Robert Ward |
Committee
2008/2009 Branch Committee
Geoff Stone FBCS CITP
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| Summary |
Geoff has worked in the IT industry for over 20 years performing both customer facing roles and design of systems and products. Originally working in Data Communications he has more recently moved into security and e-commerce. He is currently specialising as a software test analyst, developing software test strategy primarily in the field of complex software applications testing, on Windows and Unix based platforms. |
| BCS Background |
Geoff has been actively involved on the Oxfordshire BCS committee since 1998 and is a member of both the Institute of Analysts and Programmers and the British Computer Society. Geoff also sits on the BOG regional group committee (the Berks/Oxon/Guildford – Think Tank). "I thoroughly enjoy helping to run the branch and liaising with BCS HQ on operational and policy issues. A recent highlight which was very rewarding to work on was our special project to run the schools Web design competition." |
Gerry Rohling MASc MBCS PEng
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| Background |
Gerry has over twenty years of experience in the IT industry starting in the early 1980’s with the oil and gas industry where he developed new algorithms to support experimental exploration techniques in the far northern reaches of Canada. Gerry further broadened his experience by working in various IT roles at the University of British Columbia, Vizon SciTec, Ericsson and IBM to name a few. Since 2007 Gerry has also taken on the role of Managing Director of DynPro UK Limited, a consulting firm specializing in CRM solutions. Gerry has extensive experience in software development, project management, customer relations management and enterprise solutions architecture on both the Microsoft and UNIX platforms. Gerry is a Certified Siebel Consultant and holds a Masters in Mechanical Engineering from the University of British Columbia. Gerry is currently working as a Technical Architect in the Life & Pensions arm of Capita. |
| BCS Background |
Gerry joined the BCS Oxfordshire Branch committee in May 2008. |
Dr Brian Read BSc DPhil MBCS CITP CEng
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Brian has over twenty years practical experience in the design, implementation and support of database and information systems. This grew out of research work in physics where analysis of accelerator experiments involved compilation and support of a worldwide scattering database. A member of BCS since 1989, Brian has organised database conferences and has participated as a Supervisor in the Professional Development Scheme. |
Simon Marsh
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Simon works for Radstone Limited (trading as Radstone Technology and formerly Plessey Microsystems) as a Software Engineer. Radstone is the world’s leading independent supplier of rugged COTS (Commercial-off-the-shelf) VMEBus computer products, subsystems, and support software for defense and aerospace applications. Customers include NASA, Boeing, BAE Systems and DERA. Simon has been involved in both Product Development (porting real-time operating systems to VMEBus hardware) and Customer Support roles over many years. He holds a B.A. (Hons) in Computer Science and is a Chartered Engineer (working so close to the hardware!). He remembers saving up his pocket money to add RAM to his first 6502-based home computer (approximately 1Kb every 6 months or so) ! Simon joined BCS in 1994 and has been a member of the Committee of the Oxfordshire Branch since 1999 |
Sheila Lloyd Lyons BSc(Hons), MBA, FBCS CITP
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Sheila is currently working freelance and has many years experience as a project manager. For four years she worked in a Microsoft consultancy practice and gained a wide range of experiences in different businesses and technologies. These included: a music publisher, solicitors, accountants, charities, government and funding bodies and academic institutes. Since starting her career in ICT she has worked in a software development environment for a wide variety of applications and platforms. These include MS DOS, UNIX, Windows XP and the various other shades of Windows. Applications include databases, Web based solutions, communications and video on demand. Earlier she worked for four years on a large project for an applied research group at Oxford Brookes University. This EU funded project was a proof of concept experiment using asynchronous transfer mode communications and video technology. She effected a career change to ICT in 1987 and took her first degree in computing and accountancy. Her first job in computing was in 1990 and she has been very happy ever since in the computing industry. Prior to this Sheila’s career was no less varied and included bringing up a family and teaching in a horticulture and field studies centre. |
| BCS Background |
Sheila became an associate member of BCS in 1990 and a full member in 2002. She joined the Oxfordshire Committee in 1995 and has thoroughly enjoyed the role. Apart from her share in Committee tasks she served for three years as the CPD Representative. For the bi-annual Oxfordshire schools’ web page competition, Sheila was Secretary for the 2001 competition, Chair for the 2003 competition, joint secretary for the 2005 competition, and is co-chair for the 2007 competition. She was elected a Fellow of BCS in 2006. |
Tim Lambertstock FBCS CITP MIMIS
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Tim joined VocaLink (then BACS) in 1999 to lead the development of the vision and architecture for what became known as NewBACS, a major programme to upgrade the Bacs payment service. VocaLink runs the Bacs, LINK and Faster Payments services, processing over 95 million payments on a peak day. Tim is now responsible for delivering new products and services. Prior to joining VocaLink, Tim spent over 20 years in various government departments – mostly in IT management roles. He is active in Intellect (the IT Trade Body) and EURIM (the Parliamentary-Industry IT body) and is a frequent speaker at IT and finance-related conferences. He was previously Chairman of the International SSADM Users Group and involved in the development of various IT initiatives. |
| BCS Background |
Tim joined the Branch Committee in April 2004, became a full member of BCS in 1995 and was elected a Fellow in 2007. He is also a member of the BCS Elite Group |
Brian Day PhD CEng CSci MBCS CITP
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Brian is a Consultant with Tessella Support Services, which specialises in the application of innovative software solutions to scientific, technical and engineering problems. He is currently responsible for support and development of their Internal Systems. Brian has worked in the IT industry for over 25 years, which has encompassed a spectrum of roles ranging from FORTRAN Programming, through Capacity and Performance Analysis, Computer Services / Systems Management, and operational responsibility for a large Supercomputer Centre. In that time the operating environments have ranged from mainframe MVS, through Unix on workstations to supercomputers, and to Windows, NetWare and Linux. More recently he has acted as a solutions architect, where his interests have included infrastructure, data storage management, a number of Internet related technologies. He holds a PhD in Physical Chemistry, and during his scientific career, worked on the experimental investigation and computation of molecular properties, before being subverted(?) by IT. |
| BCS Background |
Brian became a member of BCS in 1981. He has been an active member of the Oxfordshire Branch Committee since 2002, when he took on the role of CPD Representative, before becoming Secretary in 2003. |
Eur Ing Tony Cox TD MSc FHEA FBCS CITP CEng
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Tony has been working with ‘electronic data processing equipment’ since 1970 and in this time has performed all information systems roles (often concurrently) across a broad spectrum of industrial sectors (including Metals, Brewing, Hotels, Publishing, Property and Manufacturing). As a complete contrast he also served for 21 years in an infantry battalion of the Territorial Army, again performing (and enjoying) all roles from rifleman to operations officer. As you would expect from these diverse experiences he is by now a business analyst rather than a technical specialist. Having started out as a computer operator (IBM 360 series) he progressed in the "traditional" way through programming (in COBOL and assembler) to team leader before progressing to systems analysis. Subsequently his career broadened to include all aspects of business systems but has sustained the twin themes of financial control systems and telecommunications, which are now merging as e-commerce reaches maturity. |
James Bacon
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Dr C. James Bacon’s IT career has been full and varied. From consulting roles in the City and on Wall Street to University lecturing, he has worked as far afield as Australia and New Zealand. More about James in this BCS Member Case study. |
| BCS Background |
James joined the BCS Oxfordshire Branch committee in May 2008. |
