Stephen is an Information Management (IM) and AI Consultant, he has twenty years’ experience in the NZ Public Sector as a Chief Data Officer, a former head of the National Archives of New Zealand, and an Information Management thought leader. His desire to contribute back into his profession has been expressed through volunteering to work on International Standards.
As a social anthropologist he understands human systems, and as a technical expert he understands information systems, using technology to connect the two is his mission. He is a nerd, and has a disturbing obsession with ontology, as a means for people to make sense of information, data and AI.
In this conversation, Jim Merrifield interviews Stephen Clarke, an independent consultant in information management, who shares his unique background, including a fun fact about tasting moon rock dust. Stephen discusses his i...