Peter James Thomas

Peter James Thomas is a British academic and entrepreneur.

Peter James Thomas
Born	Bingley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Nationality	British
Citizenship	British, Australian
Alma mater	University of Hull, York St John University, University of Cambridge
Known for	Human-Computer Interaction, Personal Information Management, Ubiquitous Computing, social media, service design, experience design, design thinking.
Scientific career
Fields	Human-Computer Interaction, Personal information management, Ubiquitous Computing, Mobile computing
Institutions	Brunel University, University of Melbourne, Beijing Normal University, Falmouth University, Newcastle University, Haileybury school.
Doctoral advisor	Professor Michael Norman
Notable students	Professor Robert Macredie
Influences	ethnomethodology, conversation analysis
Notes
Former Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (FIET), Fellow of the British Computer Society (FBCS), Chartered Information Technology Professional (CITP)

Biography

Thomas was educated at Mexborough Grammar School, South Yorkshire, York St. John University, the University of Cambridge and the University of Hull. Following a PhD at The University of Hull in the applications of social science to computing, he lectured in Human-Computer Interaction at Brunel University, West London between 1990–1992 and became Professor of Information Management at the University of the West of England, Bristol in 1993. He is currently CEO and founding partner of THEORICA; CEO of the Certified Business Finance Professional Foundation; director of HaileyburyX; and creative director of Medicine Unboxed.

Publications

• Social and Interactional Dimensions of Human-Computer Interaction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1995. ISBN 052145302X.
• Personal Information Management: Tools and Techniques for Achieving Professional Effectiveness. New York: NYU Press. 1999. ISBN 978-0-8147-2200-8.
• "Personal and Ubiquitous Computing". Heidelberg: Springer. ISSN 1617-4909.
• Thomas P; Macredie D (June 2002). "The New Usability". ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction. 9 (2): 69–73. doi:10.1145/513665.513666.