Alastair Revell
Managing Consultant
Revell Research Systems
Alastair Revell BSc(Hons) FIAP MBCS CITP founded Revell Research Systems in 1985; graduating from the University of Birmingham with an honours degree in Mathematics in 1988. He has worked extensively with computers and networks ever since; gaining a reputation as both a consultant and a trainer.
He has worked in both these capacities in a diverse range of industries and public sectors, gaining experience in issues rarely found in an IT professional.
He is a Chartered IT Professional (CITP), which is awarded on the basis of peer assessment by The British Computer Society. The society is the only chartered IT body in the UK empowered to grant chartered status to IT professionals under its 1984 Royal Charter.
He has considerable expertise as a software developer and was elected a Fellow of The Institution of Analysts and Programmers in October 2006. He is also a Member of The British Computer Society.
He occasionally delivers Higher Education courses in subjects such as Systems Analysis, Software Development, Networking and Database Methods, which lead to awards from the University of Plymouth. He has prepared chartered accountants (CIMA) for their final examinations.
He has recently taken a major role in developing a new foundation degree programme in Internet Technology with Business, which will be awarded by Plymouth University from 2006 onwards.
He is a former Devon Vice-Chairman and East Devon Chairman of The Prince's Trust, an organisation actively led by HRH The Prince of Wales, which helps disadvantaged young people in a variety of ways.
Alastair Revell worked extensively for The Prince's Trust in a voluntary capacity at a senior level during the 1990s while continuing to practice as a freelance IT consultant. He served as the East Devon Chairman and Devon Vice Chairman for much of the decade and contributed to the Trust's national IT policy as well as helping to establish The Prince's Trust Volunteers programme in Devon.
Towards the end of the 1990s, Alastair Revell started to lay the foundations for establishing Revell Research Systems as a solid consulting practice - something more than just a name under which to practice as a freelance consultant.
The practice has grown considerably since the start of the Millennium and now employs a number of support staff and associate consultants.
Contributions
There are a total of 37 articles written by Alastair Revell, the listing has been split over 2 pages:
- 10/05/11 - Would You Risk the Wrath of the Information Commissioner?
- 03/12/10 - US Diplomatic 'WikiLeaks' Inevitable
- 02/06/10 - NHS: Can we trust them with the Patient Summary Care Record Data?
- 28/05/10 - Thoughts on The Queen's Speech
- 21/04/10 - McAfee Update Causes Windows XP SP3 Machines to Fail Worldwide
- 27/01/10 - Data Protection Act 1998
- 20/01/10 - More on the Exeter University Virus
- 20/01/10 - Exeter University Shutdown!
- 02/12/09 - IT Professionals must be assertive!
- 31/10/09 - Rural Payments Agency: More Government Data Loss
- 21/09/09 - BCS Rebranded: The Future isn't just Green!
- 03/09/09 - National Museum of Computing to Reboot the Harwell Machine
- 25/08/09 - Chartered IT Professional (CITP): The Qualification Whose Time is Coming?
- 28/05/09 - Selling and marketing in a recession: Forget email?
- 20/05/09 - Bletchley Park: Important to the IT Profession
- 19/05/09 - IT Security: No Symptoms? No Problems?
- 24/11/08 - Spam: What a Relief!
- 31/10/08 - There Be Dragons!
- 23/09/08 - Bletchley Park
- 10/09/08 - Do Young IT Professionals Deserve a Career Track?