Andrew has a twenty year record of managing, implementing, designing and delivering innovative and successful ICT solutions primarily in the public sector. In that time, Andrew has worked for seven parliaments, eight UK Government departments, two Local Authorities, Tony Blair's office, the Royal Household and the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. In these environments, Andrew filled a variety of de facto roles including Head of IT, Project Manager, Change Manager, Business Analyst and System Architect as well as providing traditional strategic and technical consulting.
Andrew has been active at the interface between industry and legislators for over twenty years, via PITCOM (the Parliamentary IT Committee) and participation in the e-Crime, Public Service Delivery (formerly Transformational Government) and Information Governance (formerly Data Sharing and Personal Identity) Groups of EURIM. He has given evidence to Parliamentary Select Committees, written briefing papers for Parliamentarians, participated in international forums and is active in civil society development, e-government and e-democracy, both in the UK and central and eastern Europe. He is a Director & Governor of The Democratic Society (an NGO promoting democratic re-engagement in the UK). He is a Chartered Fellow of the BCS and a Fellow of IMIS.
