Bill McCluggage is currently an independent technology and business change advisor to government departments and private sector companies. He became the first Irish Government CIO in 2013 following roles as Deputy UK Government CIO and Executive Director IT Policy & Strategy in the Cabinet Office, Director of eGovernment and CIO in Northern Ireland, and CTO for EMC Systems UK Ltd.  He was directly involved in the development of the UK Government G-Cloud program and was SRO for the UK’s Identity Assurance Program, now GOV.UK Verify. As CIO in Dublin he supported the Irish Government’s Reform Program, the development of more effective and efficient digital services and he championed open data, data sharing and big data analytics. He left the role in Dublin to become an independent advisor on the development and implementation of digital public services, strategic business development and technology advocacy in the areas of cyber security, cloud technologies, the development of smart cities and information governance.  He is an Entrepreneur in Residence at Catalyst Inc (formerly the Northern Ireland Science Park) in Belfast, chair of the BCS branch in Northern Ireland and sits on a number of technology advisory panels across the UK. Bill became a Visiting Professor at the Ulster University Business School in 2007 and is a Chartered Engineer, Fellow of the BCS (the Chartered Institute for IT), Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, and a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists and City of London.