I’m Simon McBride, a software developer with a mixed commercial and research background. Way back in the early ’90s I completed a Bachelor of Applied Science (Computing) degree at Central Queensland University. I then went into industry, working as a analyst/programmer and a Unix systems administrator before joining DSTC in a research role.
After a number of fun, challenging and exciting (dot com) years at DSTC, my new wife and I followed that well trodden Australian right of passage and moved to London, UK. When not travelling I managed to work with some interesting people in the UK building software for a variety of different industries.
Since returning to Australia I’ve continued working in research organisations: first back at DSTC where I was introduced to openEHR‘s approach to electronic health records, then for CSIRO at the Australian E-Health Research Centre where I’ve continued working in the “health data semantics” field and greatly increased my my understanding of research and development generally and health informatics in particular. I also completed an MBA in entrepreneurship and finance at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Brisbane Graduate School of Business (BGSB) and am currently flirting with higher degree research study.
Apart from work, most of my time is spent being a father and husband in Brisbane, Australia. I’m also a geek of various flavours (computing, finance, aerospace, rugby, alt rock, scifi, coffee, wine…). A little known fact about me: I’m as close to “Australian nobility” as one gets – I’m a (distant) descendant of First Fleet convict John Nichols (more here).