Hi, I'm Matthew West and I've created these pages to provide some information about
myself for friends and colleagues who are interested in what I get up to both personally
and professionally.
- I didn't always look like this, so in case you have found this in a search for a
particular Matthew West, I provide some information in "Do you know me?" about when
I was where so you can see if there is a match.
- The education and professional section just provides the sort of information you
would find on a Curriculum Vitae, for those who are interested, so you can find out
what I did to become Dr Matthew West.
- I have spent all my working life with Shell, until I retired from Shell in 2008.
I provide a brief potted history of my time at Shell and more stuff that you might
find in an informal CV. Since 1990 I have been involved in developing standards
and guidelines for information management, and in particular for data models, initially
for Shell, but by 1993 for the engineering industry in general, and the process industry
in particular. A focus for this work has been ISO TC184/SC4 - Industrial Data where
I have been a significant technical contributor to the data model in ISO 15926, as
well as contributing to ISO 18876 and ISO 8000. I have also taken an interest in
ontology, a key organisation I participate in is ONTOLOG. At the beginning of 2001
I had conferred on me the title of Visiting Professor to the Keyworth Institute at
the University of Leeds. I talk here briefly about the Keyworth Institute, and the
role I play.
- I provide a list of publications. Some are not readily available elsewhere. Also
I provide a list of references to other works, together with why I think they are
worth reading.
- I’m fond of aphorisms, and so I give a few of my favourites here.
- I say something about my personal history, and about my church life. I have usually
taken up what was available locally, so because I live near the Solent - one of the
best sailing areas in the world, sailing is my current major sport/hobby. Specifically,
I have sailed an open dinghy, a Wayfarer, round the Isle of Wight in both directions
(at different times), and I talk about our experiences doing that.
- My Grandfather did a lot of work looking into the West family history. I have made
much of this work available including an extensive family tree, a written history
of the family, the story of the school in Wrangle, and the Jottings of Isaac Elsom,
who mentions many of the Wests.
If you are looking for something in particular, you can search just this site, or
the web using Google here.
