Ian Erridge
Director of Business Programs, WW Communities in Redmond, Washington
Started my career as a Computer Operator at Amalgamated Foods in the UK, later on being responsible for the information systems group within Distribution. With a partner I started an IT Consulting company, Sierra Computer Consultanting, focussing on developing SME computer facilities. In 1990 I joined Mercantile Credit as Head of End User Computing and later moved to Barclaycard and Barclays Bank as an IT trouble shooter. In 1997 I moved FI Group as Infrastructure Strategy Consultant and headed the ITIL instigation team. In 1998 I joined MIcrosoft in the UK in the fledgeling Enterprise Strategy Practice as an Enterprise Program Manager.