www.mikelowndes.net

Dr. Mike Lowndes

Currently Online Architect at Which?

My goal is to enable Which? to become the leading website in its sector.

Originally the jack-of-all-trades webmaster, my direction is now more strategic, via technical and enterprise architecture (java based mostly). Also skilled in apache, IA, accessibility, usability, interoperability, SEO, online marketing – the traditional web site management skillset.

2009

• Assisting enterprise CRM strategy
• Led performance and capacity planning / implementation strategy

2008
• Completed DSDM Foundations (Agile project methodology)
• Led simplification of the CMS
• Launched new ecommerce site  – thanks to The Other Media (again!)
• simplified the Which? platform
• Lead phased architecture for major redesign

2007

• Generated architectural Roadmap
• Led solution design for the next generation site
• Led a CMS upgrade
• made a favicon…
• Joined Which?
• Museums Computer Group -25th Anniversary meeting
• Semantic Web Think Tank Interim report (PPT)
• Museums and the Web 2007 – San Francisco – programme committee

2006

• ‘Semantic links’ Firefox extension discussion
• UK Museums and the Semantic Web thinktank blog
• User Specified – UKMW 2006
• Museums and the Web 2006 – programme committee
  • Semantic Web Workshop
• The CMS wiki

2005

• Lies, damn lies, and web statistics – 9th IWMW 2005
• Web Content Management Systems in 2005
• The Digital Object – UKMW 2005 – organiser
• A beginner’s guide to the semantic web (UKMW 2005)
• The Digital Object – UK Museums and the Web 2005
• MW 2005, Vancouver- on the boat, group shot, and again.

2004

• Web Enabled – UK Museums and the Web 2004

2003

(kept my head down)

2002

• Content Management- Museums and the Web 2002 session chair
• ‘Off the shelf CMS’ at LAMIT 2002
• Ariadne article on CMS, 2002

2001

• UK Museums and the Web day, 2001
• JISC TechWatch paper, Sept 2001
• CMS Case Studies at Belfast University, 5th IWMW, June 2001

2000

• Website Content Management at Bath University, 4th IWMW, Sept 2000

1997

• Pre-med. Medical student intranet

1996

• Voxel Man 3D