Martin White

Managing Director, Intranet Focus

Conversation Topic: “Through the Firewall—Intranet Access to External eContent”

Biography of Martin White BSc, FRSC, FCLIP, FRSA

Martin White is Managing Director of Intranet Focus Ltd. He has over 30 years experience in information management, publishing and consulting roles. Prior to setting up Intranet Focus Ltd. in 1999 he held senior management positions in Reed Publishing, International Data Corporation and Logica. Martin consults on the design and management of intranets and extranets, and the specification, selection and implementation of content management software and search software. He has presented workshops on these subjects in the USA, Canada, UK, Europe, South Africa and Australia. Martin is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Honorary Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, and a Past-President of the Institute of Information Scientists .

Martin is a member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Information Management and since 2001 has written a monthly column 'Behind the Firewall' on intranet management issues for the US magazine EContent. He is a Contributing Editor for both EContent and Intranets: Enterprise Strategies and Solutions.

In January 2005 his book The Content Management Handbook was published by Facet Publishing, who will also be publishing his new book Making Search Work in early 2007. 

Martin was the Chairman of the (London) Online Information Conference from 1999-2006. He is a Visiting Professor and member of the Advisory Board at the Department of Information Studies, University of Sheffield. He is a member of the Governing Board of CABI and also a member of the Publishing Board of the Royal Society of Chemistry. He holds a BSc in Chemistry from the University of Southampton.

Email him direct at martin.white@intranetfocus.com

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