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| Gerry McGovern |
| Gerry is widely regarded as the number one worldwide authority on
managing web content as a business asset. He has spoken, written and
consulted extensively on web content management issues since 1994.
In 2006, he was described by The Irish Times as one of five visionaries
who had had a major impact on the development of the Web. (The other
four were Tim O'Reilly, Vint Cerf, Tim Berners-Lee, and Nicholas
Negroponte.) In 2006, he received the Educational Contribution award
from the Irish Internet Association.
In 2004, he was included in the 100 most influential figures in
e-commerce in the UK and Ireland, as part of "An Internet Decade",
which was organized by NOP World and E-Consultancy. In 2000, he
received the Web Ireland Internet Industry Person of the Year award. He
is a founding member of the Irish Internet Association and the Content
Management Professionals Association.
Gerry has written four books. In 2001, he published two books with
Financial Times Prentice Hall, entitled: Content Critical and The Web
Content Style Guide. Design Research News stated that Content Critical
"should be on the reading list of every course in Web design."
Knowledge Management Review described it as a "bible" of content
management.
In 2006, he published Killer Web Content (Bloomsbury / A&C Black).
Suzanne Sowinska, Manager, Content Publishing Excellence, Microsoft
Corporation described it as "essential reading". Bev Godwin, Director,
FirstGov.gov: The U.S. Government's Official Web Portal, said about the
book: "Genius! Gerry McGovern gets it! If you read ONE book on managing
a Web site, this is it."
Gerry has been nominated as best overall speaker at numerous
conferences. He has spoken about content management at hundreds of
conferences and workshops in 35 countries.
Previously, he was founder and chief executive officer of Nua, a
developer of content management software and solutions. In 1996, Nua
received the Best Overall World Wide Web Business Achievement award
from the European Union.
Since 1996, Gerry has written "New Thinking", a widely read weekly
email newsletter covering the role of content on the Web. In 1999,
Gerry published The Caring Economy (Blackhall Publishing), which was
voted 25th out of the top 50 new economy books by Middleton/Capstone.
Gerry holds a BSc Man. (2:1) from Trinity College, Dublin, and lives in Dublin, Ireland.
Gerry has appeared on BBC, CNN and CNBC television, partaken in various
radio shows, and featured in numerous print media publications.
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