Alison Wheeler

Location: London | Europe | London UK | Glasgow
Speaking Topics: social networking | Web 2.0 | open source | wikis | wikimedia | wikipedia | open content | developing user-led content | managing user-generated content | internationalisation localisation and global marketing | online identity & trust | hacking code | schema sense
Spoken Languages: English | some French | some German

Photo: 
alison3oct2007-tm.jpg
Web links / Blogs: 
Alison Wheeler
AlisonW - Mostly Harmless (blog)
The Creative Organisation
LinkedIn
Wikimedia UK

By training Alison has been in the computer field since 1976, including major FTSE250 and Fortune 500 multi-national companies up to Head of Department and IT Director levels as well as self-employment and a board member (CTO) of start-up companies.

During her time as the worldwide Internet Program Manager for CHSE she travelled regularly to every country in Scandinavia, Eastern and Western Europe, using her language skills. Ms Wheeler has also consulted to various companies educating then about internationalisation and localisation issues in web interfaces - which isn't just about the text of a language!

Involved with Wikipedia since February 2004 Alison was appointed Chair and CEO of Wikimedia UK in February 2006, a post she held alongside her other activities until November 2008. She also develops code for open source projects.

(photo from video screen at AOP annual conference, London Hilton, 2007)

Previous Presentations: 
The Dana Centre, London, June 2007
AOP Online Publishing Annual Conference, October 2007
British Library, November 2007
London Wiki Wednesday, December 2007
London Business School, March 2008
BarCampLondon4, May 2008
also closed presentations to organisations, eg. The Guardian, December 2006
(et al)