 Alex Cameron is the
EDS Strategic Capability Management - Global Leader for Architecture
within the Applications and Service Delivery units of EDS.
Alex is responsible for developing the Architecture Capability
for all the Applications Delivery globally. He is also an EDS
Fellow.
He has an extensive experience in very large projects within
Defence, beginning as an engineer within the Defence Signals
Directorate designing and developing electronics, signals
and processing equipment to working as Chief Engineer and
Programme Manager on various components of the Jindalee Over-The-Horizon
Radar project.
In 1998, Cameron received the “Outstanding Achievement” award
from Telstra, Australia’s largest telecommunications
company, for his work in developing the IT software, network
and infrastructure for the development of a fully operation
Over-the-Horizon-Radar for Defence.
Since joining EDS in May 1998, he has been a leading advocate
for institutionalising engineering best practice into the
EDS Applications Delivery Units and was instrumental in standardising
development standards and tools to re-enforce recognised
best practice. Apart from the development of agile assessment
techniques, Cameron also developed the EDS “Follow-the-Sun” concept
to allow EDS’ global delivery capability to be leveraged.
Cameron is presently assisting the implementation of EDS’ Agile
Application Architecture within Asia Pacific and researching
Application Modernisation techniques.
Cameron received a Bachelor of Engineering (Communications)
from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in 1976
and a Master of Engineering Science from the University of
New South Wales in 1981. He has published numerous papers
on topics ranging from radar signal processing techniques
to the history of the NASA Voyager spacecraft. In his spare
time, he enjoys woodworking and researching Agile software
development techniques.
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