Speaker: Andy Porter

Andy Porter is a Senior Technology Advocate who has spent over 21 years working in the computer industry with the past 13 years being at IBM. He currently works in the Lotus Software division where he is a leading expert in Messaging, Collaboration, Unified Communications and Enterprise Social Networking. He has worked with many organisations both in the UK and Worldwide helping them to choose the most appropriate collaboration solutions for their business. He has presented and demonstrated IBM solutions at numerous industry trade shows such as The IBM Software Symposium and Lotusphere. He also regularly presents at Technology Briefings and Roadshows. Andy is a Chartered IT Professional in the British Computer Society and Certified Consulting IT Speciality in the IBM Professions. Outside of work Andy plays guitar in a band called Sideburner. He is married with one daughter and two ungrateful cats.