2009 - 2010

• Development of a distributed system of real-time network replicators for audio recordings of the proceedings of the Chambers and Committees of the Houses of the Oireachtas in Dublin, comprising 45 systems and 15 networks. The new system has dramatically reduced loading on the servers and is saving between 30,000 and 50,000 Euros per annum as well as providing new management functionality.
• Database migration and content conversion for the pan-African social justice portal Pambazuka, involving the conversion and cleansing of over 60,000 articles and several thousand images created over a ten year period and the creation of migration databases in preparation for the development of a new portal.

2008 - 2009

• Development of private patient billing system for a medical practice in Ireland.
• Creation of Web portal for the If4G (Internet - Force 4 Good) initiative.
• Launch of The Democratic Society and online platform.

2005–2007: Time International Media & Events Services Ltd (Times Group)

• Development of specialist web portal for an international database of humanitarian aid supplies and suppliers. (IHAPSNET)

Miscellaneous

• Development of the Identity Management Standards project collaboration portal for EURIM & the Identity and Passport Service
• Consulting on several online community and portal system developments.
• Mentor on ICT strategy to a number of online start-up companies.
• Public sector market development for a specialist IT service company.

2003 – 2004: Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg (PACE/APCE).

• Design and implementation of integrated information system (databases, archive, workflow, document authoring and publishing – web and print) for the secretariat of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg to support their plenary sessions.
• This included rationalising and merging several existing databases, converting them to Unicode and web-enabling them, together with the migration and cleansing of legacy data created over the past fifty years.

2003: House of Commons and House of Lords (UK Parliament)

• Consultancy for the Information Architecture Strategy Unit (IASU) of the UK Parliament to review the Parliament-wide Information Strategy.

2003: The Icelandic Parliament (Alþingi)

• Strategic advice and mentoring on XML-based information management for the Icelandic parliament involving both technical staff and managers from government departments.

2002: The Swedish Parliament (Sveriges Riksdag)

• Strategic advice and team mentoring on technical and information management policy, involving presentations and workshops for technical staff, department managers and MP’s staff.

2000 – 2001: Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg

• Consultancy work on the development of future integrated information systems to support the work of the Parliamentary Assembly and Table Office.
• Use of XML, internationalisation, Unicode, etc.
• Involving extensive user consultation and requirements capture.

2000: Northern Ireland Assembly, Belfast

Strategic consultancy work and mentoring on structured information (XML, etc) and Parliamentary Question handling for the Assembly, involving several departments.

1999 – 2000: Chamber and Committees of the New Assembly in Belfast, Northern Ireland

• Design and implementation of a web-enabled intranet/extranet workflow system for reporting the Chamber and Committees of Assembly, including staff training.

1998: The Irish Parliament (Dáil Éireann), Dublin

• Consultancy work for the Houses of the Oireachtas (Irish Parliament) on public-access website design and implementation, and other citizen engagement opportunities.

1997 – 1999: House of Commons

• Design and implementation of complex workflow system for the electronic handling of written Parliamentary Questions, which met the goal of saving £300,000 per year in production costs.
• Follow-on consultancy work on system availability and migration of extensive legacy data.

1996 – 1997: Leicester City Council

• Design and project management of transitional enterprise email system, in preparation for conversion to unitary status (merging of city and regional councils).
• Involved liaison with management, user groups and their IT departments, SLAs, etc.

1995 – 1997: Office of the Leader of the Opposition (Labour Party, London)

• Implementation of networked information systems to support Tony Blair’s private office team before and during the 1997 General Election.

1994 – 1995: House of Commons

Consultancy work for the Office of the Serjeant at Arms, House of Commons, on database access and network security.

1993 – 1994: Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg

• Design and implementation of a multilingual Debate Reporting System to provide electronic production of the summary and verbatim reports for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, integrating with legacy systems.

1993 – 1994: House of Commons

• Design and implementation of new web server with fully automatic content management for the publication of Hansard on the UK Parliamentary intranet.
• This system, which predated the emergence of Apache, Mosaic and Netscape (it used NCSA and Cello), was the first operational web server in the UK Parliament.

1993: Foreign and Commonwealth Office

• Provision of specialist technical advice on secure automatic communications systems to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

1990 – 1994: Department of Trade & Industry

• Consultancy and implementation work on financial tracking systems, databases, email gateways, tele-working and international communications to the Department of Trade and Industry Export Data Branch and FCO/DTI Joint Directorate.

1992: The Royal Household (Buckingham Palace)

• Network audit for the correspondence and press offices of Buckingham Palace and the Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood, St. James’s Palace.

1992: Department of Health Private Office (Minister's Office)

• Consultancy work for the Private Office to identify opportunities for electronic data interchange with the UK Parliament to support the legislative process – Government Bill Tracking, Parliamentary Question handling, delegated (secondary) legislation, etc. – and the work of Ministers.

1990 – 1993: House of Commons

• Design, implementation and project management of a high-availability networked system for the electronic production of Hansard for the House of Commons.
• This was the first networked computer system in the UK Parliament and achieved the strategic goal of saving £500,000 per annum in print production costs so allowing the price of Hansard to be cut by a third. The system was completed on-time and under-budget and remained in use for almost ten years without a single failure.