Alex Bowyer

Current

• Program Manager / Research Analyst at Rednod / Bitcurrent

Past

• Software Engineer at IBM United Kingdom Ltd
• MComp Masters Degree in Computer Science at University of Sheffield

Education

• The University of Sheffield

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Connections

86 connections

Industry

Research

Websites

• My Blog

Alex Bowyer’s Summary

After 10 yrs in more traditional software development roles, I am now moving into the cloud computing consulting space with my new role at Rednod in Montreal, Canada. My areas of expertise are: information management and collaboration, working with teams to increase their productivity, and working with end users to develop custom software or web tools.

My two passions are creating technology to solve real problems and helping people achieve their goals more effectively.

In software I have specialised in interfaces and improved collaboration tools and processes, working closely with users and team-mates.

In my work with people I specialise in listening to people, understanding their needs and working with them in their own language to achieve their goals.

Alex Bowyer’s Specialties:

Personal skills:
Listening, Coaching, Negotiation, Influencing, Explaining

Technical skills:
Reqs analysis, design, coding, testing, documentation, and user training.

Proficiencies:
Java, SQL, HTML/CSS/JavaScript, XML, AJAX, Dojo, PHP, Perl, Visual Basic, Zope, PowerBuilder, Lisp, GIS, WebSphere, DB2

Academic areas:
Neural Nets & AI, Robotics, Human-Computer Interaction, Graphics, Language Engineering, Computer Speech & Hearing, Concurrency, Games Tech, Formal Methods

Alex Bowyer’s Experience

• Program Manager / Research Analyst

  Rednod / Bitcurrent

  (Program Development industry)

  April 2009 — Present (9 months)

  I am working as a Program Manager at Rednod, a startup accelerator providing consulting services to startups on community management, web analytics, social media marketing and cloud computing.
  
  I also carry out research and help run tech events (such as Enterprise Cloud Summit) for technology analyst firm Bitcurrent.

• Software Engineer

  IBM United Kingdom Ltd

  (Public Company; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)

  September 2002 — February 2009 (6 years 6 months)

  July 2008 - Feb 2009: WebSphere Voice Response Development
  
  Improved team efficiency with a wiki and bespoke Agile tooling and documented new team processes
  Installed WVR onsite at Vodafone India
  Initiated a User Interviewing exercise working with 16 customers
  Designed & implemented a mobile phone Visual Voicemail client
  Designed a Voice Web UI Framework
  
  Dec 2004 - Jun 2008: WebSphere Product Centre Development
  
  Roles & responsibilities included senior designer/developer, component owner, team leader, development, test, documentation & service of the WPC product in Java.
  Specialist areas: Workflows & Collaboration, Transactions, Java API
  Other roles: Globalization Coordinator, Wiki Founder, Skills Transfer Organiser
  
  Sep 2002 - Dec 2004: Java Technology Centre Service & Development
  
  Engineer in Change Team for Java VM & Class Library on z/OS mainframe
  Developer, Class Library Team

• MComp Masters Degree in Computer Science

  University of Sheffield

  (Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Research industry)

  1996 — 2000 (4 years )

  Completed MComp masters degree in Computer Science - awarded first class honours.
  
  Academic studies included: Object Oriented Analysis & Design, Neural Networks & Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Human-Computer Interaction, Graphics, Language Engineering, Computer Speech & Hearing, Concurrency, Games Tech, Formal Methods

Alex Bowyer’s Education

• The University of Sheffield

  MComp , Computer Science , 1996 — 2000

  * President of Film-Making Society from 1997-1999
  * Organiser of Sheffield Student Film Festival 1999
  * Treasurer, Nightline

  Activities and Societies:

  Film-Making Society
  Nightline (Volunteer Telephone Helpline)
  Student Activities Committee
  High Peaks Club (walking/climbing)
  Debating Society

Additional Information

Alex Bowyer’s Websites:

• My Blog

Alex Bowyer’s Interests:

travel, climbing, outdoors, cooking, films, web2.0, sci-fi, creative writing

Alex Bowyer’s Groups:

British Computer Society
British Mensa
Interaction

•    Twitter
•    IBM co/ex workers independent group
•    Future Trends
•    Google Wave Interest Group

Alex Bowyer’s Honors:

Patent awarded - Identifying transaction interaction in a transactional data processing system, 2007
IBM "You Make the Difference" Community Award, 2005

Alex Bowyer’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• reference requests
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