Stephen is a passionate community and collaboration ecologist, creating off-line and on-line environments that foster conversations and engagement. Stephen’s considerable experience as an information and knowledge management professional has enabled him to blend technology solutions with an in-depth understanding of behavioral characteristics that encourage people to self-organize, collaborate and co-create.

He is both an evangelist and practitioner in the use of Social Networking technologies and Social Media applications to support personal learning and knowledge sharing.

He was the business lead and information architect for the local government community of practice platform, the largest and most advanced online practitioner group in the UK public sector.

More recently, Stephen has been engaged as the lead consultant and product architect for the LG Group’s Knowledge Hub, an innovative product that connects communities of practice with data applications and market intelligence. Knowledge Hub is being built using open source software on an open platform to enable local authorities and their partners to develop their own value added solutions to support greater transparency of information and data that will help strengthen accountability and benefits to citizens. More than just an IT solution, the Knowledge Hub is a far-sighted resource that could lead to a major cultural change in the public sector.

Stephen is a regular contributor to professional journals and magazines and is currently Chairman of the UK Online Information Executive Committee.