Posted by: Richard Saunders, Director, Trustworthy Computing
Many years ago I worked for a company in the UK that made paint. I was part of a team planning an official visit by HRH Princess Anne to open a new multi-million pound research laboratory. We thought it would be nice to assign roles to some of the people working in the new facility. One chap in particular, a renowned doctor of science no less, was given the task of opening a door for Her Royal Highness. That’s it, just open the door for her to pass through.
Come the big day, Princess Anne made her way down the hallway, got to the doctor and his door, which he opened perfectly. She paused and said to the chap “and what do you do?”
Utterly flustered, all he could manage by way of reply was: “Er, um, er. I open the doors.” She smiled and moved on. He never lived the moment down.
That’s a rather convoluted way of introducing a new series of personal profiles about people who work on Trustworthy Computing, within a division of the same name. As you may know, Trustworthy Computing (TwC) was formed 10 years ago last month. We’re proud of what we’ve achieved over the last decade, but know we have much more yet to do. We thought it would be fun to take a look at some of the people in TwC and what they do both in and out of work.
Over the next few weeks from time to time we’ll be posting 30 second profiles on some of our people. The first is on Adrienne Hall, TwC general manager and a regular blogger on this site.
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