Council Nominee - Hamish MacEwan

Nominee for Council 2007-2009

Hamish MacEwan

Hamish MacEwan is an Open ICT Consultant with wide experience in datacommunications as a customer and supplier.  On the customer side he's worked in Government and the private sector. On the supply side, engagements with Telecom in both wired and cellular services, and with CityLink in both the wired and Wi-Fi environments.

Currently most of his time is spent in searching for jobs for candidates and candidates for jobs, but occasional ICT related contracts are performed.  He's a fortnightly commentator on National Radio's Afternoons programme with Jim Mora.  He's spoken at NZNOG, Massey Graduation, Govis and numerous other events and attends a wide variety of seminars and presentations.

His blog is at http://Hamish.blogware.com, and click-streams at http://del.icio.us/Hamish.MacEwan and
http://urltea.com/3jm?GoogleSharedItems.  He has a MySpace and a Facebook page, both merely placeholders.  He can be found on LinkedIN. Stuff he's read is here: http://www.librarything.com/catalog/Hamish.MacEwan

He sometimes, reluctantly, feels "obliged to dissent" but believes that co-operation and collaboration are our most powerful social tools.