Experience

Andy's knowledge is grounded in consultancy and research roles working with technology start-ups, corporates, governments and civil society groups, where his focus is on strategy and policy.

Andy is an experienced commercial and academic researcher. His skills lie in applied, end-user focussed research and evaluation, enhanced by his experience in managing research and consultancy groups, in leading organisations and teams and as a writer and presenter.

Andy's work in the community informatics, eDemocracy and eGovernment fields is about ensuring that the technology migration in national and local government, NGO's and community-based organisations is appropriate and effective. He has an international reputation in this field and his achievements include infrastructure projects, research, consultancy and advising at Ministerial level. Andy's work involves broadband, community ICT and digital content and media.

Debating ePetitions at UK Parliament: Greg Knight MP,
Bethan Jenkins AM, Pete Picton (Sun Online) & Andy Williamson.

Qualitative research, mixed methods, evaluation, research supervision, research management and the facilitation of networks. Projects include the set-up and launch of an applied ICT research centre, the establishment of a national ICT research cluster and success in obtaining contestable research funding. Andy undertakes research in areas such as community informatics, eGovernment & eDemocracy, economic development and intellectual capital. He has an international reputation and has published and presented extensively.

Areas of Research Interest

• Social/Community informatics
  • eDemocracy, specifically citizen focussed-use of ICT to re-engage communities and parliamentary use of ICT
  • eGovernment
  • ePolitics
  • Technology and disadvantaged communities
  • Community networks
• Technology and innovation
  • Intellectual capital/intellectual property
  • Technology innovation
  • Technology and regional development
• Research methods and practice
• Community/participant focussed research
• Qualitative methods
• Mixed methods
• Critical theory of technology

Andy's work has a strong focus on policy evaluation and development working within both central and local government settings. His governance experience, senior business and IT management is supported by an extensive background in project management (including PMBOK and PRINCE2), his ability to build relationships at all levels of an organisation and strong communication and presentation skills. Andy has management experience in both the private and public sectors.

Working with technology companies at the early stages to ensure that good ideas are matched by sound business skills and resources. Working with teams to ensure that the structures and processes are appropriate and manageable as organisations mature. Andy works with start-up technology companies, established IT companies and intrapreneurial units within corporates. He is a recognised expert in the area of managing intellectual capital in software teams, where his work was described as

a landmark piece in our endeavour to adequately describe and attribute credit to those involved in developing instructional materials... [it] will stand as the first significant publication in this area [and serves] as a standard upon which the realities of intellectual property in education will be defined.

Dr Bill Riffee, Associate Provost for Distance, Continuing and Executive Education,
University of Florida, USA.

Aligning ICT with strategic objectives and ensuring that strategic planning is a living process that reflects the business. Project work includes transformation and change, strategic assessment, process modelling and improvement. Andy's skill lies in being able to work with senior management to develop a strategic plan and then facilitate an on-going planning and review framework. Andy extends his consulting in this field by teaching strategic planning at post-graduate level.

Andy has experince in teaching, course development and academic management (having been innaugural Director of Unitec's Centre for IT Research). He has taught at undergraduate and post-graduate levels and his experience includes research methods, project management, eBusiness, strategic planning, community informatics and eDemocracy . Andy has supervised students at Masters and PhD level.

Appointments
Visiting Fellow, Institute for Social Change, University of Manchester, UK
Member, Centre for Business information, organisation and process management, University of Westminster, UK
Research Associate, Centre for Community Networking Research, Monash University, Australia
Research Associate, Tourism Research Institute, AUT University, New Zealand

Member, Royal Society of New Zealand
Member, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), USA
Member, Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR)
Member, Community Informatics Research Network
Member, Internet Society (US)
Member, The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences

Appointments
Strategic advisor, National Assembly for Wales
Deliberative Democracy Research Advisory Group, Universities of Southampton and Manchester, UK
People and Participation Advisory Group, Department for Communities and Local Government, UK
eParticipation Community of Practice Group, State Services Commission, New Zealand Government.
Community Informatics Research Network (CIRN) International Advisory Board
Community Informatics Research Network of Victoria
Trustee, CITRUS Charitable Trust (New Zealand Centres for ICT research)
Trustee, Work Raft Trust
Judge, International Webby Awards
Judge, Qantas New Zealand Media Awards.

Previous appointments
Deputy Chair, Digital Strategy Advisory Group, New Zealand Government
WaitakereOnline Editorial Board, Waitakere City Council (Chair)
Chair, School of Computing and IT Industry Advisory Committee, Unitec
Executive of the National Advisory Committee on Computing Qualifications (NACCQ)
WestSmart Business Incubator Advisory Board, Enterprise Waitakere
Waitakere City Council EcoTech City Advisory Group
Content Editor, CommunityNet Aotearoa, Department of Internal Affairs
Chair, Waitakere eDemocracy Group (WeDG)