Tony Holtham

 

SGML/XML Consultant with over 12 years experience

 

 

 

Contact Info

Tony Holtham

Rockwell House

West Horrington

Wells

Somerset

BA5 3ED


tony@holthams.f9.co.uk
+44 (0)1749 678875

 

 

 

Previous Customers

GKN Westland Helicopters

Barbour Index

Sweet and Maxwell

Gee Publishing

Offshore Design Ltd (Aberdeen)

Catalysts Ltd

Stilo Technology Ltd

Thomson Tax Ltd

The Piper Group

Law Book Company of Australia

Lloyds Register of Shipping

 

 

 

 

 

A highly experienced project consultant with a track record of delivering projects in the areas of content engineering, data transformation, data cleansing and document analysis. The combination of academic and commercial projects and assignments has provided a unique opportunity to solve commercial problems by using emerging technologies. The synthesis of academic and commercial projects has ensured that that his clients are at the forefront of the technology that can support their business.

·          Most recently demonstrated that a commercial XML toolset could be used to enrich legacy data before cleansing the data and then migrating it to the next generation enterprise application, which in this case was a product data management system (PDM).

·          As a mentor has coached and advised software developers on project management and system capability.

·          As a lecturer has presented to undergraduates and given public seminars and training courses.

·          As a technologist has hands-on expertise of many languages including XML, HTML, SGML and OmniMark™.

After completing his academic studies, worked for the University of Exeter providing support for the undergraduate courses, and set up the first web server in the south west at Exeter University in 1994 before joining a consultancy specialising in data markup and manipulation.

Gained a MSc in New Generation Computing and a BSc (Hons) in Computer Science from Exeter University.

Tony can be contacted by sending email to tony@holthams.f9.co.uk

 

 

Publications

"Teaching Aids for an Introduction to HyTime using SGML and CGM"; in Graphics and Visualisation 33, ed. R. Earnshaw, Dec 1993.

 

"A Knowledge-Driven Approach to PDM Interoperability Projects"; in Proceedings of PDT Europe 2003, Nov 2003, pg 125-32

 

"Harnessing the Power of XML to Achieve a Successful Data Migration”; in Information Management and Technology, Dec 2004, pg 162, published by Cimtech Limited

 

 

 

Solass Associate

Tony is an Associate of Solass.

Solass has many years experience in the successful identification, delivery and deployment of Product Data Management, and Enterprise Business Systems.

Through consulting expertise, Solass assists in the identification and delivery of the benefits associated with the successful deployment and integration of business applications, helping organisations realise their business objectives.

Solass is an independent organisation, working with key British and International partners, and offers a comprehensive range of business and implementation services.

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