Geoffrey J. Kennedy
Department of Information Science,
University of Otago,
Dunedin, New Zealand
Dr Kennedy was for nine years a teacher of science and mathematics in Australian high schools. On completing a masters degree in physical chemistry he spent eight years in teacher training, before switching to teaching computing in a business school.
In 1988 he moved to New Zealand as lecturer in systems analysis and design at the University of Otago. He was awarded a PhD there for his thesis entitled "A Systematic Approach to the Specification and Evaluation of an Information Systems Development Methodology".
Dr Kennedy has for many years supervised student system development projects and is particularly interested in the problems of system specification and estimation.