Jerry Fishenden

Jerry Fishenden has been referred to as "one of the UK’s leading authorities in the world of technology",^[1][2] and appears regularly in a variety of mainstream media.^[3] He is also a frequent guest and keynote speaker on the conference circuit,^[4] drawing on his background across both private and public sectors.

Overview

In 1984 he graduated with a BSc (Hons) from the City University, London where he also later obtained an MPhil in the application of artificial intelligence techniques to composition.

He is a Co-Founder and Director of the Centre for Technology Policy Research, a Visiting Senior Fellow at the London School of Economics Department of Management and a key advisor to the Policy Engagement Network. In November 2010 he was appointed as a specialist adviser to the House of Commons Public Administration Select Committee to assist the Committee with their inquiry into government IT.^[5] From 2009-2010, he was appointed as a member of the Scottish Government's expert panel on identity management and privacy.^[6][7]

He has held a variety of the IT industry's most senior positions, including as Microsoft's lead technology policy and strategy advisor; as Head of Business Systems for the UK’s chief financial services regulator in the City of London; as an Officer of the House of Commons, where he pioneered the Parliamentary data and video network ^[8] at the Houses of Parliament, as well as putting Parliament on the World Wide Web;^[9] and as a Director of IT in the National Health Service.

His blog tackles issues at the intersection of technology and policy. Analysts Redmonk have referred to him as being a ‘trusted advisor’.^[10] His Scotsman article on the proposed Identity Card for the UK, which was the first public commentary on the system by a recognised industry figure, opened up constructive debate on an important topic^{[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]}

He is a Fellow with Chartered status of the British Computer Society (FBCS CITP), a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA), a Fellow of the Institute for the Management of Information Systems (FIMIS) and a Fellow of the Institution of Analysts and Programmers. He is also a long-time member of the Writers Guild of Great Britain and currently undertaking research at the Institute of Creative Technologies.

References

1. ^ Hitachi Aspire
2. ^ EuropeComm 2009
3. ^ See the External Links below for examples
4. ^ Recent appearances include judging and presenting prizes at the Grid Computing for a Greener Planet Competition, chairing a workshop at the Future of Creative Technologies conference, presenting at the World Hi-Tech Forum in a session looking "Beyond the Internet", presenting and participating in an expert panel discussion at the NHS Confederation Conference on the topic of 'Spotting Key Innovations', speaking at the Oxford Internet Institute on 'Convergence and the Internet', speaking at 'Who do they think we are? Privacy, the State and the Corporation', chaired by the author and journalist Simon Jenkins and with fellow speakers Nick Herbert MP (Shadow Secretary of State for Justice), Henry Porter (novelist and columnist), Simon Davies (Director of Privacy International) and Jill Kirby (Director of the Centre for Policy Studies) and speaking at the launch of 80/20 Thinking
5. ^ House of Commons Select Committee on Public Administration, Minutes of Proceedings, Session 2010-11
6. ^ http://www.publictechnology.net/content/21141 Scottish Government consults on data privacy to improve public confidence
7. ^ http://www.ukauthority.com/Headlines/tabid/36/NewsArticle/tabid/64/Default.aspx?id=3019 Scottish privacy principles could become UK benchmark
8. ^ First Report from the Information Committee, Session 1993-94: The Provision of a Parliamentary Data and Video Network HMSO HC237
9. ^ LAN about the House, IDPM Journal Vol 5 Issue 4
10. ^ Microsoft UK: Earning a place as a national trusted advisor
11. ^ The Guardian 18 October 2005 “MPs expected to approve ID card bill”
12. ^ The Register 18 October 2005 “UK ID card a recipe for massive ID fraud, says Microsoft exec”
13. ^ ZDNet 18 October 2005 “Microsoft exec: ID cards pose security risk”
14. ^ Information World Review 18 October 2005 “Microsoft slams UK ID Card database”
15. ^ Daily Mirror 19 October 2005 “ID Cards Rebellion”
16. ^ Daily Telegraph 19 October 2005 “MPs expected to back ID cards in final vote”
17. ^ Commons Hansard 18 Oct 2005 Column 771
18. ^ Commons Hansard 18 Oct 2005 Column 782
19. ^ NO2ID News No. 31
20. ^ Lords Hansard 31 Oct 2005 Column 23
21. ^ Lords Hansard 15 Nov 2005 Column 1049
22. ^ The Sunday Times 30 December 2007 “Beware the state’s ID card sharks”
23. ^ Scottish Parliament Official Report 19 November 2008 Col 12501
24. ^ Scottish government rejects ID cards
25. ^ Commons Hansard 6 July 2009 Column 797
26. ^ Lords Hansard 13 July 2009 Column 1010
27. ^ Speech by Dame Pauline Nevilles-Jones, “Is information about me really mine?” June 16 2009

External links

• CIO, "Whitehall CIO role needs thorough reappraisal"
• The Register, "Can the UK have its identity strategy back, Mr President?"
• The Register, "So what do we do when ID Cards 1.0 finally dies?
• The Financial Times, "New models of security and privacy"
• Scottish Government Press Release, "Improving public confidence in online services"
• The Daily Telegraph, “Who Do They Think We Are?”
• Computer Weekly, “Identity Assurance for the UK”
• Health Service Journal, “Technology as a Transformational Enabler of Health Policy”
• ZDNet, “The Big Interview: Jerry Fishenden”
• The BBC, “European Phishing Gangs Targeted”
• ZDNet, “Open Source Community Wooed by Microsoft”
• The Scotsman, “ID Cards will lead to “massive fraud””
• The Financial Times, “Fishenden climbs the Microsoft ladder”
• Jerry Fishenden’s blog on new technology observations from a UK perspective
• Jerry Fishenden’s research site into the application of new creative technologies

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