I am an entrepreneur with a specific interest in innovation around identity, social networking and the semantic web.
I am founder of Valebrity a site that verifies the identity of celebrities on social networks. I also manage the independent OpenID.ORG website. For fun i also have this and this.
I am also an independent consultant on Identity & Access Management within and outwith the Enterprise. I am particularly interested in ADFS, OpenID and SSO architectures.
I have written a number of titles principally on XML, Web Services and .Net for Wrox Press and other publishers as well as articles and white papers. Additionally I was an invited member of the .Net Advisory Council that met at Microsoft's headquarters in Redmond.
I live in Scotland but I have lived in England, Italy, Canada and Chile.