I am an entrepreneur with a specific interest in innovation around identity, social networking and the semantic web, combined with a desire to bring these technologies to the non-technical majority.
I am founder of Valebrity a site that verifies the identity of celebrities on social networks and its spin-off Valebrity TV. I also manage the idependent OpenID.ORG website.
I do consultancy work as a .Net technical architect and developer, as well as providing business and technical expertise around social networking ideas & technologies.
Prior to this i wrote a number of titles principally on XML, Web Services and .Net for Wrox Press and other publishers as well as articles and white papers. Additionally I was an invited member of the .Net Advisory Council that met at Microsoft's headquarters in Redmond.
Other than Scotland, I have lived in England, Italy, Canada and Chile. I currently live in Glasgow, Scotland with my wife Loreto and two young children, Xavier and Francisca.