Metadata is an organisation that combines strong academic expertise with extensive practical experience gained in the commercial and public sectors. This means that our clients can be confident that our courses deliver the latest thinking in best practice with lots of practical examples to bring theory to life. Our core team members are:

Dr MIKE GOODLAND

Dr Mike Goodland has been working in IT for more than 20 years as a business analyst, consultant, trainer, author and university lecturer. He was instrumental in the development of business analysis and systems development methods for the UK government and his books on that method (SSADM) have sold more than 40,000 copies.

Mike has developed courses in business analysis that have been sold to many organisations (indeed you may find that other ISEB course providers are using our materials under licence) and given hundreds of courses on this and related areas. He also has considerable practical experience through working as a consultant on many key strategic projects. Coupled with his academic and teaching experience, this ensures that as a tutor you are getting someone whose knowledge is ‘second to none’.

Richard Johnson

Richard has a wealth of experience gained in a variety of roles in blue-chip environments and the public sector, such as American Express and HM Treasury. This includes over 15 years managing programmes and projects across the world including 10 years of systems development. Richard is a very experienced PRINCE2â„¢ Practitioner and an active Gatewayâ„¢ Reviewer of Government IT projects. He is also a highly regarded public speaker and delivers training courses that are effective and entertaining. Richard is a Director of the College of Public Speaking. He is also employed on a part time basis to deliver lectures to post graduate students at the University of Greenwich in Project Management and the Strategic use of E-Business.

ED GOLDSTRAW

Ed has spent many years working on computer systems in different parts of the world. Having started as an accountant he moved into installing financial systems then diversified into industries as varied as teleselling and estate agency before specialising for a while in Enterprise Resource Planning systems for engineering and aircraft maintenance. This involved system modifications, requirements gathering, stakeholder management, data conversion etc.

He has devised courses for and trained about 1,000 people and regularly takes new qualifications to keep up to date with his fields of interest. These have included an M. Sc, in Information Systems, PRINCE 2^TM Practitioners and the Business Analysis diplomas. He has recently joined Metadata after spending 8 years in China and Spain and is also a part/time IT lecturer at Kingston University.

Mike Eckersley

Mike is a seasoned Business Analyst with over 30 years broad based experience across multiple industries. He spent the first part of his career in Retail Banking, specialising in Credit Risk & Product Management, and was heavily involved in numerous change initiatives, before moving into the Information Systems domain in the early 90′s. Since then he has worked predominantly as a Business & Systems Analyst managing change at the interface between the Business & IT domains.

He has a particular interest in identifying the linkages & integration points between Industry Standard Frameworks & Methods, he enjoys translating complex technology concepts into formats that both business and technical people can readily understand. Mike is a Chartered Engineer, holds a 1st Class Honours degree in Computing & Psychology, an ISEB Diploma in Business Analysis, and OMG certifications in Business Process Management.

Tim Atkinson

Tim has been working in IT for 27 years. A chemistry graduate with a Masters in IT, Tim has held a wide variety of roles, in a diverse set of sectors. Tim became the first person in the UK to be awarded the CITP qualification in 2010, following the newer stricter accreditation process. Tim has further accreditations as a Prince2 Practitioner, in ITIL and the ISEB BA Diploma.

Tim’s early career was as a Business Analyst, moving into Project and Programme Management roles and then as IT Director and CIO. Tim is now an independent IT consultant and Interim Manager working with a wide network of small, medium and large companies advising on IT at strategic levels, coupled with strong turnaround experience and programme delivery.

Tim’s wide and current experience ensures that as a course tutor his training is both comprehensive and enriched by numerous examples of real-life situations and case studies.