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October 17th, 2008
RivCom Consultant Published in ‘Semantic Web for Business’

A description and explanation of the technical solution used by the MYCAREVENT project to provide a single point of access to automotive repair information has just been published in a new book focusing on the application of Semantic Web technologies to solve business problems. (more…)

September 4th, 2008
RivCom Returns to Independent Operation

After four years working within the CSW Group, it has been agreed that RivCom should recommence operations as an independent organisation. (more…)

July 17th, 2008
AutoRepair.eu.com Moves to RivCom Host

The AutoRepair.eu.com site, set up by CSW Group Ltd and MUL GmbH in the follow-up to MYCAREVENT, is now hosted by RivCom Services Ltd, in parallel with the move by Jay Cousins and Antony Scott to RivCom from CSW. There are no changes in the services offered by the site, and RivCom will be working in partnership with MUL under the same arrangements as applied at CSW. (more…)

David ApSimon

Email: david.apsimon@rivcom.com


Summary	David has more than 10 years experience of software development in the fields of medical education and publishing. Working mostly in small businesses, he has acquired a wide range of skills and expertise. An avowed generalist, he believes that many problems are solved by interdisciplinary insight, not from narrow specialism.
Core Competences:	Software Developer: C++ Java Adobe Flex XML/XSLT/CSS PHP/MySQL	Editor/Author: Publishing Medical Education
Employment History:	2008–present: Associate, RivCom Ltd. 2006–2008: Freelance Software Developer 2000–2006: Software Developer / Multimedia Author / Web Developer, Limbs & Things Ltd (Bristol, UK) – Co-author of a range of multimedia titles for Surgical Education. Designed and wrote Birthing Trainer software to monitor a USB force sensor embedded in a model baby's neck. The software featured real-time graphical display of force data, and analysis of training data. Implementation of CMS system for website, including facilities for sales team to generate quotes, manage exhibitions etc. 1998–2000 Software Engineer, Centre for the Development of New Technologies in Learning, University of Bath (Bath, UK) – Development of CD-ROM/Web-based CME titles for UK doctors. 1993–1998 Software Developer / Project Manager, Primal Pictures Ltd (London, UK) 2006–2008: Freelance Software Developer – Developing CD-ROM/Web-based 3D reconstructions of human anatomy.
Education:	MSc Cognitive Science and Intelligent Computing, University of Westminster (London), 1993 BSc (Hons) Music, The City University (London), 1987