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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…)

Jay Cousins

Email: jay.cousins@rivcom.com


Summary	Jay has over 8 years international experience in IT consulting, specialising in the design and application of messaging architectures for B2B e-Commerce and integration, business process improvement activities, and applying XML technologies for data integration. He works across the project lifecycle, from conception to implementation, at strategic and operational levels. Jay has participated in various standardization initiatives, including the development of XML architectures for AdsML and NewsML, and Chairing the CEN/ISSS Workshop ‘Modeling for Automotive Repair Information applications - (WS/IMA)’. In the EC 6th Framework research project MYCAREVENT, he led the development of the information reference model that underpinned the project’s portal messaging, terminology, and ontology.
Core Competences:	Project Responsibilities: Project management and delivery Business development and account management Team leadership Business analysis Solution design, development and delivery	Skills: Business analysis: Business and system use case development (RUP) Business integration and B2B eCommerce B2B e-commerce XML messaging architecture design Business process modelling Data integration and data modelling - development of information, data, metadata, and ontology models to integrate data from multiple sources Collaborative standards development Sector Experience: Automotive Health IT/Software News & Media - advertising and editorial Oil & Gas
Employment History:	Present: Associate, RivCom Services Ltd. 2004–2008: Principal Technical Consultant, CSW Group Ltd. 2000–2004: Analyst/Consultant, RivCom Ltd. 1999–2000: Research Assistant, London School of Economics
Education:	MSc. Analysis, Design, and Management of Information Systems, The London School of Economics and Political Science, 1998–1999. BA (Hons). English Literature with Comparative Literature, University of East Anglia, 1995–1998. ERASMUS Exchange, Paris-Lodron-Universität Salzburg, Austria, 1996–1997