LIW

Mark Abrams is Director of the Business Development Support Office which is responsible for preparing bids and post award contract administration of all Applied Research activity for the University. Previously Mark managed his own IT services business, supplying financial and business processing software, PC based networks and, later, internet applications and being an Internet Service Provider. Mark expanded the company from an owner managed business, and eventually floated it on the Alternative Investment Market at a value of over £35m. Mark has also spent 3 years working as a Director at Advantage West Midlands, a Regional Development Agency. Mark will be the Project Manager. Peter Haine is currently Director of the eWorking Applied Research Centre at Coventry University. He leads the training programme for Location Independent Working in the commercial arm of the University and has supported over 100 staff as they have become eWorkers. Peter’s past experience was as Director of a global team of IT specialists at GlaxoSmithKline where he introduced collaborative working on a global scale. Peter is the Project Adviser. Jim Hensman is a Technical Specialist with responsibility for new technologies within IT Services at the University. He has a wide range of experience working on internal and external IT development projects. David Morris was the Founding Dean of Coventry Business School (now the Business, Environment and Society Faculty) at Coventry University. He is now Director of e-Learning at the University. He has worked both within CUE and the University itself. He is an LIW worker. He is therefore in an ideal position to understand the project from all sides of the University. David is a Member of the JISC Learning and Teaching Committee and will be Project Director. Dave Noon followed David Morris as Dean of Business, Environment and Society Faculty. He will take the lead from the Faculty perspective in implementing LIW within the Faculty.       John Tutchings is Technical Specialist in e-Learning Systems within the e-Learning Unit. He will be responsible for ensuring that CUOnline is fully supported for LIW participants.