James Robertson (Steptwo Design, Sydney)

While I did NOT interview James Robertson for the audio-documentary on content management and professional forums, James deserves mention, not least of because of his international influence on content management, but also because he is the Sydney co-chair of Content Management Professionals, Australia.

James Robertson is the managing director of Step Two Designs, the leading vendor-neutral CMS consultancy in Australia. James has been involved in many CMS projects, advising on the strategic aspect of CMS selection and deployment. He was the author of the Review of Content Management for the NSW Government report, the Content Management Requirements Toolkit, as well as writing two AGIMO Better Practice Checklists on the topic of content management. James is also on the board of advisors for the University of Washington CMS Evaluation Lab, and was a founding member of the CM Professionals association. [From openpublish.com.au]

James's company steptwo.com.au is based in Sydney.

James is a committee member of the NSW KM Forum. He is also on the Advisory Board for the University of Washington CMS Evaluation Lab. [From column two]

May 6, 2006 James wrote: "Rahel Bailie has recorded my first podcast on selecting a CMS." Jame quotes Rahel:

James Robertson, internationally-known head of Australia's Step Two Designs, speaks frankly about a good starting point for content management implementations. Robertson asserts that a content management system solves no problem. [Go to intentionaldesign.ca ... james_robertson_advice_on_starting_content_management_projects ; or listen to James_Robertson_interview.wav]

Although James writes that he finds it weird to hear his voice online, he found the interview fun to do.