Michael is the Lead Solutions Architect, in Police Information Technology Organization (PITO) in the United Kingdom (UK), responsible for the information and technical architecture of the Police National Computer (PNC) Modernization Programme and Information System Strategy for the Police Service (ISS4PS) Programme in UK. He has a Ph.D on global information systems from University College London, and has been working in both the public and private sectors on telecommunication, electronic publishing and digital library initiatives, electronic document and information indexing, as well as IS/database management systems.