Our clients deploy RippleDown Knowledge Bases as core components of their business rules, workflow processes and value-adding services. The Pacific Knowledge Systems team ensures that our Knowledge Base solutions meet the stringent security, safety and privacy requirements demanded in these mission-critical applications. Mr Bruce McConochie (CEO) Prior to joining PKS Bruce McConochie was one of the founders and CEO of Amfac-Chemdata which was established 1984. Amfac Chemdata was a software developer providing solutions to Community and Hospital Pharmacy throughout Australia. With over 20 years experience within this sector Bruce and his team of 300 employees brought significant success, and a market share of 80% within community pharmacy. While CEO for Amfac-Chemdata Bruce successfully negotiated the sale of Amfac-Chemdata to IMS a subsidiary of Dunn and Bradstreet where he remained as CEO and joined the regional Board of IMS. Bruce joined Pacific Knowledge Systems as CEO in 2005 and has been instrumental in commercializing this unique RippleDown technology. Mr Barry Stofberg: B.Econ  ASA (Chief Financial Officer) Barry Stofberg retired in 2007 and joined PKS in 2009. Prior to his retirement he held the position of Company Secretary for  ASX-listed company Rural Press Limited. In this role he was responsible for the conduct of All Board and shareholders meetings, attending to all matters in relation to the Australian Stock Exchange, the Australian Securities & Investments Commission, as well as the company's share registry matters,  Risk Management and insurance,  Executive and Directors remuneration, and corporate superannuation. Prior to Rural Press he also held a variety of accounting and secretarial positions in commerce and industry and accounting practice, which required a working knowledge of accounts preparation, taxation, and corporate law. Dr Shane Brown: PhD (Medical Director) Shane Brown is a highly experienced Senior Management Consultant in the Australian public and private Health sectors. His roles have included IM&T Consulting and Management positions delivering clinical solutions to diverse groups of stakeholders. In a career spanning 25 years, he has held senior positions in Public Pathology Organisations, Central Government Agencies, and Private Health Sector Organisations. Shane has also been responsible for the implementation of complex information systems to manage clinical reporting and disease management in both National and International settings. Shane also has extensive experience in Quality Systems Management design and implementation; Risk Management; Standards Development; Software Design and Development and Delivery of software solutions from consolidated data centres. As Medical Director of Pacific Knowledge Systems, Shane works with clients to determine clinical solutions using LabWizard (RippleDown) Knowledge Bases to enhance quality, safety and efficiency in health care environments. Dr Lindsay Peters: PhD (UNSW), BSc (Chief Technical Officer) In his role as Chief Technical Officer of PKS, Lindsay coordinates the Product Development and Research teams, together with the continuous software process improvement activities. Lindsay has held the position of Software Engineering Manager for a number of defence and communications companies including Siemens Plessey Defence Systems and Global Tracking Systems. Lindsay has also consulted for numerous large software developments, software quality audits, tenders, and algorithm development. Lindsay has introduced exacting quality standards into the Pacific Knowledge Systems development team based on his 25 years of experience in software mangement and formal processes. Mr Robert Manser: MSc (Vice President, Marketing, USA) Rob Manser is based in New Jersey and is responsible for the establishment of the RippleDown product in the USA. This involves pilots to confirm the quality and productivity improvements that Rippledown offers to prospective clients in the US market, as well as establishing licensing and strategic partnerships. He brings global sales and marketing experience at the general management level to the PKS team. His experience until the last two years has been in the pharmaceutical industry, when he joined PKS. Prof Paul Compton: (Senior Research Adviser) Paul Compton is the Associate Dean (Research) of the Faculty of Engineering UNSW, the largest engineering faculty in Australia. He is also a Professor in the School of Computer Science and Engineering UNSW and is currently Head of this school. Prior to joining UNSW he was Head of the Computing Services Group at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research and conducted research in a number of areas of medical computing. This included work on GARVAN-ES1, one of the first medical expert systems to go into routine clinical use internationally and Australia's most successful early expert system. This led to a major research focus on the knowledge acquisition problems for expert systems. His research has received continuous Australian Research Council funding for over a decade and Paul and his research group have published over 130 scientific papers in the area. Paul has also been a member of the organizing committee or chaired many international workshops on knowledge acquisition over this period. The major result from his research is a different approach to developing knowledge-based systems whereby, for the first time, systems can be built and maintained by domain experts without knowledge engineering or programming expertise and with little demand on the experts' time or effort. The commercial utility of this technology has now been proven by Pacific Knowledge Systems. Dr Tim Lavers: PhD (USyd) (Senior Software Engineer) As principal architect, Tim is responsible for the design and implementation of the server and client components of the PKS product suite. Tim manages the advanced software engineering techniques used in PKS such as Extreme Programming, Extreme Testing and Design By Contract as well as the range of Java technologies used in development and deployment. Tim and Lindsay recently published "Swing Extreme Testing". This is a guide and source book for developers wanting to achieve maximum returns on their time through an 'extreme testing' policy. The book is base on Tim and Lindsay's day-to-day work at PKS. Mr Federico Lopez Laborda: BSc (Senior Software Developer) Federico is a  senior engineer in the PKS software team developing the RippleDown product suite. Prior to joining PKS, he had worked in Europe on a variety of finance and  insurance projects. As well as extensive experience in Java and Agile Development methodologies, Federico brings to the development team expertise in advanced frameworks  and 'best practice' guidelines to constantly improve the team's productivity and product quality. Ms Susanne von Richter: BAppSc (Biomedical) (Customer and Sales Support) Sue is responsible for user training, customer support and installations. She brings to the team many years of experience as a senior scientist and manager in the anatomical pathology departments of several major Sydney hospitals.