Bio

James Barlow is an independent consultant specialising in information technology, particularly using and abusing content management systems, and vertical cloud-based applications such as Salesforce.com and Sugar CRM (which is his favourite). He also knows a great deal about project and programme management, and has the certificates to prove it (most of them written in crayon, admittedly). James has better things to spend his money on than professional photographs (see above), and doesn't normally talk in the third person, but understands that it is the traditional grammatical style for "bio" pages.

James is a Director of Xrisk Consulting Ltd. a business services company based in the South West of England, and is currently launching ikik digital marketing, which will work primarily with small and independent retailers to sell stuff on the Internet, or "ecommerce" if you really must put an "e" on the front of everything.

James is active in local politics, particularly in the Bristol-West parliamentary constituency, and has previously stood for election to Bristol City Council in Cotham and Redland wards. He is also involved in the Bristol branch of the Taxpayers' Alliance.

Formerly a member of the Royal Corp of Signals - including a brief tour of duty as a peacekeeper with the NATO Stabilisation Force (SFOR) in Bosnia-Herzegovina - James maintains an interest in the welfare and capability of British Forces, although personally he feels he's done enough PT for one lifetime and is happy to sit on the sofa eating crisps. If the British Army finds itself in desperate need of an overweight telephone systems and HF radio specialist, James stands ready to return to the front lineto the rear echelon, with the proviso that he be promoted to Major, as he is too old to be taking any lip from subaltern officers.

James is a member of the Rotary Club of Bristol.