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David was heading for a career in Production Engineering when his first employer (Wormald Bros) offered him a position as Trainee Programmer in the newly-formed Computer Department in the late 60s. (What's a computer? What's a Programmer? - he wondered; but, it sounded great and it would be cleaner and cooler than working in and around factories - he considered!) He "cut code" for a number of systems at Wormalds and, then at the Datacard Computer Bureau, wrote lots of programmes for clients who did not have their own computer - before setting off for the UK. Over there, he worked on the development of possibly the first ERP Package - in 1970! Back in Oz, David worked on system development and client support for the likes of Compunet and Computer Sciences. At Philip Shrapnel, he introduced to Australia, the system development methodology, SPECTRUM, which was embraced by the Department of Defence and the SA and NSW Governments to name a few. David's software documentation consultancy clients included: BHP, NEC, Nestle, Macquarie Bank, Ampol, CSC and Westpac. Two of David's user manuals went "international" - one to the larger regional zones of a multi-national as the "model" documentation; the other as the user guide for a Y2K Utility used in many countries. David has been a member of the Australian Computer Society for 36 years and was the inaugural President of the NSW Society for Technical Communication which was formed in 1987. |
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David
Boughton
David has been in the computer industry for almost 4 decades, specialising in business application software. He has been a programmer, systems analyst, IT Manager, Trainer and Consultant. After working in the corporate/computer services sector for about 14 years, David operated his own consulting practice specialising in software documentation for some 16 years.
For the last 8 years he has been with the NSW Department of Commerce in contract management, electronic procurement and software development roles. Currently, he is working on a new whole-of-government electronic procurement system for the NSW Government.