13 Facts About Andy Stanford-Clark

Andy Stanford-Clark is a Member of the IBM Academy of Technology, an IBM Master Inventor and visiting professor at Newcastle University.

Andy Stanford-Clark serves on the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council peer review college and regularly delivers public talks.

Andy Stanford-Clark holds a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science and mathematics from the University of East Anglia and completed his PhD in parallel computing at UEA in 1991.

Andy Stanford-Clark joined IBM in 1991 in the Communications Software group.

Andy Stanford-Clark performed a number of roles within IBM, focusing primarily on parallel processing and pervasive messaging.

Andy Stanford-Clark has been granted 11 patents and, as of 2014 has 45 pending, as well as 30 additional invention disclosures published in IBM Technology Journal and IP.

Andy Stanford-Clark has taken an active role in mentoring others and played a part in accelerating innovation, highlighted by his involvement in an IBM student scheme called Extreme Blue.

Andy Stanford-Clark leads the pervasive and advanced messaging technologies research group.

In 1999, Andy Stanford-Clark collaborated with Arlen Nipper to author the first version of the MQ Telemetry Transport protocol.

Andy Stanford-Clark gained media attention for this in the late 2000s by connecting his home automation system via MQTT to Twitter.

In 2002 Andy Stanford-Clark became a member of IBM Academy of Technology and was recognised as an IBM Master Inventor.

In 2006, Andy Stanford-Clark became a Fellow of the British Computer Society and Chartered IT Professional.

Andy Stanford-Clark was appointed an IBM Master Inventor and has given TEDx talks.