John Forrester

Rome, Italy

Bio/Profile
interested in:
o How to manage digital identity and authentication issues
o How to create services for citizens and businesses
o Explaining security and privacy by design
o What role is there for biometrics in government
o Change management: assisting clients and colleagues in building and implementing new innovative and highly usable solutions

background in the following areas:

o Identifying and recommending new solutions or changes regarding security and emerging IT standards of possible interest (OSS, ITIL, etc.)

o Systems and networking engineer /administrator on Windows and Linux systems
o DBA for MS SQL, Oracle, and MySql systems
o Systems and networking engineering skills (backbone usually Cisco)
o Agile methods in the context of managing project lifecycles
o Assisting developers in integration of Java based products

  • Work
    • Ancitel Spa
  • Education
    • Masters in Information Studies, University of California Berkeley
    • Graduate Work in Chinese Area Studies, University of Washington
    • Joint BA in HIstory and Russian Area Studies, University of Washinton