Education

• Campbell College, Belfast - 1985-1990
• Queen Elizabeth's Hospital, Bristol - 1990-1995
• University of Southampton - 1995-1998. Degree: Law (LLB); dissertation Trademarks and Internet domain names (1996)

Career

• 2001-present - Demys Limited, Edinburgh, Operations Director
• 2000-2001 - Brown New Media, Edinburgh, IT and Internet consultant

Experience

Tim started his career as a professional web designer and IT consultant. He was then engaged in 2001 as the first full time employee of Demys Limited, a company specialising in Internet intellectual property, where he now leads the technical delivery team. Tim has responsibility for the specialist and operational aspects of the business though which he maintains a first-rate knowledge of Internet systems and infrastructure, including web, email and DNS service provision.

Tim is also heavily involved in Demys' intellectual property division and has advised on Internet IP matters to some of the world's best known brands over the past ten years.

Publications and other

Tim has written extensively on IP / IT issues both for client-only and external publications:

• Are the new dot-pro domains worth it?
• .pro Domains to be Restricted to US Lawyers
• Domains Are Hot Property
• .eu moves forward
• .eu - New Kid on the Block
• Domain names - where are we now?

Other interests

Tim maintains a strong interest in Internet projects; founding a popular UK blog and forum about type one diabetes, he continues to maintain an ecommerce website for his wife's online business. Away from the computer screen, Tim enjoys walking and cycling in the Pentland Hills.