MatthewWest

= Matthew West =

Matthew joined Information Junction, as a director in 2008, where he delivers consultancy in information management. He gained a BSC and PhD in Chemical Engineering and joined Shell in 1978, initially as a Refinery Technologist, but from 1987 on the computing/business interface with a particular interest in Information Management and Data Modelling. He has been a key technical contributor to ISO 15926 – "Lifecycle integration of process plant data including oil and gas production facilities" and IIDEAS (ISO 18876) - Integration of Industrial Data for Exchange, Access and Sharing. He also developed a data model of Shell’s Global Downstream business.

Matthew is the Shell Visiting Professor in the Keyworth Institute at the University of Leeds. He is a Member of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, the British Computer Society, and the Chartered Management Institute; and he is a Chartered Engineer and a Chartered IT Professional.

He is the author of "Developing High Quality Data Models", and the editor of the 4th Edition of "Data Modeling Essentials".

see:


 * http://www.matthew-west.org.uk/
 * http://www.informationjunction.co.uk/

See also Dr. West's Ontolog Invited presentations:


 * "An Introduction to 4 Dimensionalism and ISO 15926" - ConferenceCall_2006_02_23
 * "Integrating Data or Ontologies - A look at the ISO 18876 Architecture" - ConferenceCall_2006_06_01
 * Ontolog "Database And Ontology" Mini-Series Kick-off Session - ConferenceCall_2006_10_12
 * "From Ontology to Data Model: Choices and Design Decisions" - ConferenceCall_2006_11_16