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South West Branch Committee

The SW branch commmittee is a team of volunteers, elected at the AGM to represent SW branch members.

One of the main responsibilities for the committee is to arrange the branch events programme. If you would like to get involved, please feel free to contact any member of our committee.

Chairman
Prof. Steven Furnell
FBCS CEng CITP
Employer: University of Plymouth
Position: Head of School of Computing and Mathematics
Director - Centre for Security, Communications and Network Research (CSCAN)
Office tel: 01752 586234
Email: sfurnell[at]plymouth.ac.uk
Hobbies: cinema, reading, travel, Wii Sports :-)
Interests: IT security, Internet and web technologies

Secretary
Kevin Chamberlain
FBCS CEng CITP
Employer: Self employed (as Dartsoft Ltd)
Position: Freelance IT consultant
Office tel: 01364 784416
Email: kevin.chamberlain[at]bcs.org.uk
Hobbies: travel, moorland walking and canoeing
Interests: Networks & web applications, Community internet use (see www.sbcn.co.uk) and Open Source software

Treasurer
Janet Kneller
MBCS CITP
Employer: Met Office
Position: Business Analyst
Office tel: 01392 885707
Email: janet.kneller[at]plymouth.ac.uk
Hobbies: singing, yoga, letterboxing, geocaching

Membership Secretary
Dr Nathan Clarke
MBCS CEng MIET
Employer: University of Plymouth
Position: Senior Lecturer (Member of the Centre for Security, Communications and Network Research (CSCAN))
Office tel: 01752 586218
Email: nclarke[at]cscan.org
Hobbies: squash, gym, movies

Young Persons Group Representative (Exeter)
Mr Kent McClymont
Employer: University of Exeter
Position: Research Student (Member of the Centre for Water Systems and Department of Computer Science)
Email: km314[at]exeter.ac.uk
Hobbies: films, live music, animating, travel, running, national trust
Interests: Researching new multi-objective optimisation techniques with an application to water distribution system design and maintenance planning. Conference Coordinator for PCCAT 2010

Young Persons Group Representative (Plymouth)
Mr Mark Culverhouse
Employer: University of Plymouth
Position: Research Student (Member of the Centre for Security, Communications and Network Research (CSCAN))
Office tel: 01752 586287
Email: mark.culverhouse[at]plymouth.ac.uk

Webmaster
Dr Paul Dowland
FBCS
Employer: University of Plymouth
Position: Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) in Information Systems Security (Member of the Centre for Security, Communications and Network Research (CSCAN))
Office tel: 01752 586226
Email: pdowland[at]cscan.org
Hobbies: theatre, movies
Interests: IT security

Education Liaison
Dr Andy Phippen
MBCS
Employer: University of Plymouth
Position: Senior Lecturer (Member of the Centre for Security, Communications and Network Research (CSCAN))
Email: aphippen[at]cscan.org

Other Committee Members
Dr Shirley Atkinson
MBCS
Employer: University of Plymouth
Position: Lecturer in Information Systems (Member of the Centre for Security, Communications and Network Research (CSCAN))
Office tel: 01752 233520
Email: shirley.atkinson[at]plymouth.ac.uk
Hobbies: walking, camping, dancing, singing, theatre
Interests: web technologies
Phil Chivers
Employer: IBM Global Technology Services
Position: Senior IT Architect
Office tel: 0773 432 5267
Email: phil_chivers[at]hotmail.com
Hobbies: Climbing, Wildlife Garden
Interests: Enterprise Architecture, Data integration
Ted Draper
MBCS CITP
Employer: Halsdon Solutions Ltd
Position: IT Consultant
(specialising in project management)
Mobile tel: 07771 624 173
Email: draper[at]eclipse.co.uk
Hobbies: Sailing, participate regularly in cruiser racing at Exmouth, music, play drums in a local band
Interests: All aspects of the development lifecycle
  Dr Jonathan Fieldsend
Employer: University of Exeter
Email: J.E.Fieldsend[at]exeter.ac.uk
Interests: Developing multi-objective/non-traditional objective optimisation methods, evolutionary approaches to learning, as well as the use of Bayesian classification/modelling techniques.
Dr Max Hughes
AMBCS
Employer: Plymouth Teaching Primary Care Trust
Position: Doctor
Office tel: 01752 763103
Email: maxehughes[at]yahoo.co.uk
Hobbies: Foreign languages and literature, cookery, walking
Interests: Health Informatics. Training. Clinical uses of technology.
Alastair Revell
FIAP MBCS CITP
Employer: Revell Research Systems
Position: Managing Consultant
Office tel: 01392 259797
Office fax: 01392 499691
Email: bcs[at]rrs.co.uk
Hobbies: photography, walking, medieval history
Interests: professionalism in IT, IT strategy, software development, IT support, systems and network engineering