"It's not worth doing something unless you were doing something that someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren't doing. - Terry Pratchett"
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I implement new technology in collection management, heritage, and the social sciences & humanities.

I do not believe in technology pushes of fill-in-your-latest-buzzword-here. My main concern is the impact of digital innovation on an organisation, its processes, and above all: its people. This means that I must be able to constantly explain what new value a particular new technology truly adds.

In my career I have chosen range over specialisation.

I hold a degree in business economics but am not a financial controller; I have been programming and building computers since childhood but am not a trained software engineer; and I studied medieval history without becoming a scholar. That wide ranging background enables me to translate between specialists.

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