Curriculum Vitae

I am a PhD candidate within the School of Systems Engineering at The University of Reading.

My principle research interests lie in the fields of information systems and public management. I am currently investigating information system requirements in multi-organisational partnerships lead by local government agencies.

I have several years work experience and prior to my PhD I have been employed in ICT-focused positions, in both the public and private sectors.

Employment History

Note-taker, and Exam Amanuensis and Invigilator
2007 to 2009

School of Systems Engineering, University of Reading
Attending lectures and seminars to take notes for less-able students of the School of Systems Engineering.
Reading and writing for students in exams.
Invigilating in regular and special needs student examinations.

Part-Time Web Content Editor
2006 to 2007

Bracknell Forest Borough Council
Ensured all electronic information required by the e-government agenda from the Environment and Leisure Department is available online and within deadlines.
Improving the usability of web sections within the scope of e-government guidelines, such as LGNL.
Advising council officers on the format, design, and presentation of their online information (website and intranet).

Web Developer
2004 to 2006

Voyager Systems Limited (in2i.net), Sheffield.
Designing and building websites.
Client consultations.
Writing proposals.
Designing promotional leaflets.

Temporary Executive Officer
2003

Department for Education and Skills, Sheffield.
Project coordination
Developing new administration systems.
Research and report writing.

Designer/Web Author
2001 to 2003

Graphical, Paper and Media Union, Bedford.
Managing the company website and the intranet, plus producing microsites and CD-ROMs.
Developing electronic information systems, such as an extranet, to speed up business processes.
Research and report writing on possible areas of development.

Website and Communications Developer
2000 to 2001

North London Information, Advice and Guidance Partnership
Developing the company website, including generating and editing website content.
Producing a monthly newsletter and designing marketing communications.
Reporting to NLIAG Steering Group and liaising with partners to reach targets and provide technical advice.

Part-time Voluntary Temporary Clerical Officer
1999

Welwyn Hatfield Council for Voluntary Service
Producing quarterly newsletter and designing a company website.
General administrational duties

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Qualifications

PhD Supporting Multi-Organisational Groups in the Public Sector
2007 to Present
University of Reading, Informatics Research Group, School of Systems Engineering

Funding Studentships: University of Reading Research Endowment Trust Fund, University of Reading School of Systems Engineering and Informatics Research Centre studentship
Joint chair of the Informatics research Centre Conference Organising Committee
Supervisors: Dr. Lily Sun and Dr. Andrew Adams.

MSc Applied Informatics (Distinction)
2006
University of Reading, Informatics Research Centre

Award: Outstanding Achievement
Modules taken: Systems Analysis and Design, IT Project Management and Planning, Software Engineering, Research Methods, Applied Informatics.
Dissertation Project: E-Government Minor Incident Reporting System

LeTTOL - Learning To Teach On-Line (Accreditation)
2004
Sheffield College

OCN Level 3 (60 Credits)
The pedagogy of online course design
The issues and challenges of online delivery
Management of online learning provision

BA Honours Philosophy with Computing (Upper second class)
2000
University of Hertfordshire

Humanities modular scheme
Final project: Creating a Website for Welwyn Hatfield Council for Voluntary Service.

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Proficiencies

Web Design
HTML
JavaScript
PHP
Active Server Pages
C#
ASP.NET
CSS
MS SQL
MySQL
Access
Expression Web
Photoshop
Image Ready
Fireworks
Dreamweaver
Visual Studio .Net

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Publications

Harris, J., Sun, L. and Adams, A. (2009) “Requirements Analysis for an e-Government System to Support Multi-Organisational Collaborative Groups,” Proceedings of the 9th European Conference on e-Government, London, England (paper accepted).

Harris J. and Sun L. (2008) “A Conceptual Model for Group Support Systems in Local Councils,”
Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems – ICEIS 2008,
Information Analysis and Specification vol. 2, p.203-207, ISBN: 978-989-8111-48-7

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