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Jerry Fishenden is a British technologist. 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]
In 1984 he graduated with a BSc (Hons) from the City University, London, where he also later obtained an MPhil [4] In 2013, he was awarded a PhD in creative technologies from De Montfort University's Institute of Creative Technologies. [5]
He was appointed as the specialist adviser to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee for their inquiry into Digital Government [6] (2018-2019) and is a member of the Scottish Government's Online Identity Assurance Expert Group. [7] He was a cofounder and director of the former Centre for Technology Policy Research, and formerly a senior research fellow in the Centre for Creative Computing at Bath Spa University, [8] and a visiting senior fellow at the London School of Economics Department of Management [9] as well as being 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. [10] From 2009 to 2010, he was appointed as a member of the Scottish Government's expert panel on identity management and privacy, [11] [12] and has been an invited speaker at the Cambridge Union Society. [13] He was the co-chair of the U.K. Government's Privacy and Consumer Advisory Group from 2011 to 2017. [14]
He has held a variety of the IT industry's most senior positions, including as the UK Government's interim deputy chief technology officer, [15] 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 [16] at the Houses of Parliament, as well as putting Parliament on the World Wide Web; [17] 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'. [18] 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. [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [ excessive citations ]
He is a fellow with Chartered status of the British Computer Society (FBCS CITP), [36] 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. [37] He is also a long-time member of the Writers Guild of Great Britain.
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