Martyn Thomas
| Professor Martyn Charles Thomas, CBE | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Education | City University (GB) The University of Edinburgh The University of Hull University College London, U. of London |
| Occupation |
Owner, Principal Consultant and Expert Witness at MTAL, Software Engineer, consultant, Chair of the IT Policy Panel at IET, on-executive director at Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education OIAHE, Member at Defence Scientific Advisory Council, Fellow at the Royal Academy of Engineering, Member at UK Computing Research Committee, on-executive director at UK Government Agency. |
| Known for | Software engineering, policy, management and quality, for safety-related and other critical or complex systems. |
| Title | Dr, Prof. CBE |
Prof. Martyn Thomas CBE FREngFIET FRSA (born 1948) is a British independent consultant and software engineer.
Martyn Thomas founded the software engineering company Praxis in 1983, based in Bath, southern England. He has a special interest in safety-critical systems and other high integrity applications. He has acted as an expert witness involving complex software engineering issues.
Thomas was born in Salisbury, southern England. He studied biochemistry at University College London, graduating in 1969, when he started working in the field of computing. Between 1969 and 1983, he was employed at universities in London and the Netherlands, at STC working on telecommunications software, and at the South West Universities Regional Computer Centre in Bath.
In 1983, Thomas founded Praxis with David Bean, where he encouraged the use of formal methods within the company for software development. In 1986, Praxis became the first independent systems house to achieve BS 5750 (later ISO 9001) certification for all its activities. Praxis became internationally recognised as a leader in the use of rigorous software engineering, including formal methods, and grew to around 200 staff.
In December 1992, Praxis was sold to Deloitte and Touche, an international firm of accountants and management consultants, and Martyn became a Deloitte Consulting international partner whilst remaining chairman and, later, managing director of Praxis. He left Deloitte Consulting in 1997.
He is currently director of Martyn Thomas Associates Limited and a visiting professor at the Oxford University Department of Computer Science, and the University of Bristol. He lives in London.
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