Stephen Kirkby

DR. STEPHEN KIRKBY, has served as CEO of MAXAMINE since its inception,
extending the company office and client base from Asia Pacific to North
America. He has also successfully established working relationships with
leading companies such as Sun, EDS and Intel. Prior to MAXAMINE he had
extensive global experience – working as a research leader in the study
of geospatial information systems at the University of Adelaide and
conducting research in Japan (GSI Japan) and the USA (University of
Texas). During these extensive travels he has constantly assessed
international technologies and their markets. He is a noted expert in
the field of visualization and information dissemination using Internet
technologies. He has published over 40 research papers on the topic and
has received one international award (Japanese Government) plus six
national and three state scientific awards. He was awarded the Ernst &
Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Technology, Communications, and
E-Commerce Life Sciences in 2003.