Oliver R. Bell
Standards Engagement Lead
Microsoft Australia and New Zealand
As Standards Engagement Lead Oliver is responsible for coordinating all standards related activity in Australia and New Zealand that Microsoft is engaged in. This includes support for existing standards, development of new standards, and ensuring that the support for documented standards in our products meets the needs of our Australia and New Zealand customers.
Prior to this position Oliver spent three years as Regional Technology Officer for Microsoft in the Asia Pacific region, and before that seven years at Microsoft’s corporate headquarters in Redmond, Washington. There he held the position of WW Director for Government Programs, working with Microsoft’s global network of subsidiaries to define replicable ways in which Governments could implement cross departmental services for citizens and businesses. In addition Oliver and his group were also responsible for establishing programs through which Governments globally are able to share and reuse best practice and solution based intellectual property.
Before joining Microsoft in 1995, Oliver spent several years building his own consultancy company that focused on delivering architectural and technical services to major financial institutions and insurance companies in the United Kingdom.
Oliver was born in Blackburn, England
You can read some of Oliver’s thoughts on activity and news in the software industry on his blog at http://osrin.net