I'm a freelance analyst, consultant, and award-winning writer, specializing in email, spam, and blogging. Previously: CTO for Samsung Contact. Prior to that: at Hewlett-Packard for 13 years, working in a wide variety of engineering, marketing and architect roles, mainly on OpenMail and its predecessor products. Frequent, informative, entertaining conference speaker. Un-professional DJ. Rusty scuba diver. Voted "Most likely to get up first to sing at karaoke" for 14 years straight.