The Staff

Director General

Mike Ryan BSc(Eng) CEng MICE FIDE FIAP

A specialist in construction management systems, Mike worked on projects in Saudi Arabia and the North Sea. He became a Fellow of the IAP in 1987, but in 1990 his career took an unexpected turn when, after 30 years in construction, he suddenly found himself in charge of the IAP when his friend Bob Charles died. But Mike's broad experience of business has been applied to the IAP with good effect. He has been responsible for a huge increase in its activity, influence and reputation.

Administrator

Anne Harding  

Anne became the Institution's Administrator towards the end of 2003. She was born in South Africa but has lived in Britain for many years. She is married with a grown up son and daughter, and lives a short walk from the IAP office. Anne was a freelance cartographer in the oil business, using CAD to produce Geological and Geophysical maps. She also started a Desktop Publishing arm to her successful home-based business. In recent years she has augmented this work with a variety of other assignments, gaining experience that will be very useful in her job with the Institution.

Education Officer

Robin Jones DipEE MSc FIAP MIEE

During a thirty-five year career, Robin has worked for the BBC, managed a large department in a College of Further and Higher Education, and written 19 books on computing, published in 12 languages. He has also been a technical journalist and an independent consultant. Robin was admitted as a Member of the Institution in 1997, becoming its Education Officer in the following year. Since then he has been putting his journalistic skills to good use as Editor of the IAP's contribution to Visual Systems Journal. He became a Fellow of the Institution in 2003.

Webmaster

Bruce Thompson BSc(Hons) MIAP MBCS MILM MSOE EngTech AMIRTE

Bruce spent 22 years in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, and after leaving the Army, graduated with honours from the Open University. Working mainly for Criminal Justice agencies, he piloted the concept of browser based software and Rapid Application Development using DSDM. He currently leads an eight strong development team responsible for case management systems used by Criminal Justice and drug treatment agencies in the southwest. Technical director of TechCo Systems, he specializes in designing browser fronted applications and database driven websites. He has been a member of the Institution since 1992 and became Webmaster in November 2005.