Colin Christianson

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Colin Christianson is a highly respected IT professional working in the UK. Currently he is a Director of Aqilla Limited. He was born in the United Kingdom 16th March 1949.

Colin spent his early career working for Smith Industries now Smiths Group, a large UK manufacturer of medical and avionics instrumentation, where he was responsible for the implementation of a variety of mainframe and mini-computer systems covering manufacturing, distribution, accounting, and payroll. After leaving Smiths Industries and spending a brief period working as a senior consultant for the systems house Hoskyns(now part of Capgemini), Colin joined Systems Union as a founding member and director of R&D. His vision at the time was the recognition that the new breed of personal and desktop computers was capable of offering applications of the same sophistication as the then current mainframe and mini computer solutions with the benefit of greater accessibility and lower cost. At Systems Union, he led the development of SunSystems, the mid-market accounting systems product, from its early inception in the early eighties.

In 1999, Colin recognised that solutions based of the emerging web technologies offered an exciting new opportunity for delivering solutions and Colin created ncSoft Limited to develop a set of web based solutions covering time recording, expense management, and procurement. These solutions were implemented in over 60 organisations with in excess of 10,000 users. In 2004, Systems Union (now part of Infor Global Solutions) purchased ncSoft and now offers these products form part of their SunSystems Procurement and Productivity portfolio of products.

In the spring of 2006, Colin left ncSoft to form Aqilla Limited with the purpose of creating a new new generation of web-based accounting software built around Web 2.0 technologies.

Aqilla Limited. Retrieved on March 24, 2007.