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David Petherick
Scotsman David Petherick is a director & co-founder of several companies, and provides social media strategy & visibility services. Scotsman David Petherick is a director & co-founder of several companies, and provides social media strategy & visibility services. David became known as ‘The Digital Biographer’ after a 2007 BBC radio interview, speaks Russian, wears the Kilt, and is a co-author for the books 'Age of Conversation 2.0, & 3.0'.
Raymond O’Hare, Director, Microsoft Scotland, spoke to David Petherick for The Next Web about how Microsoft are working to enhance Scotland’s future, following the Herald’s ‘Shaping Scotland’s Digital Future’ Debate in Glasgow.
See http://www.sundayherald.com/…talfuture/ for additional information about the discussion held earlier that day. Further coverage will appear in http://theherald.co.uk/ on 30th April 2008.
He touches upon education, politics, common standards, collaborating with competitors, and has a word or two for "those currently in power".
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24-April-2008, The Teacher Building, Glasgow
At Lectern: Raymond O’Hare, Regional Director, Microsoft Scotland
Seated, L-R Steven Thurlow, Technical Director, Graham Technology
Gordon Thomson, Operations Director, Cisco Scotland & Ireland
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