Ernest Brewster has over thirty years' experience in IT, including twenty years as a senior manager in various public sector organisations, latterly as Head of IT at Fife Council, one of Scotland's largest local authorities with an estate of over 15, 000 personal computers and a network linking several hundred separate sites. A long-time champion of ITIL service management with a record of implementing ITIL good practice in complex organisations, he is an expert in strategy development, programme and project management, business process re-engineering and public procurement. He is also a former member of SOCITM's National Executive Committee and a contributor to several of SOCITM's MapIT publications.