Hot Seat: Alan Ovenden

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Alan Ovenden is IT director at recruitment firm NetworkersMSB, where he has introduced innovations such as CV-reading systems

What was your first job and how did you get into IT? My first job was as an electronics engineer. I was working on a processor board that I thought should be able to boot CP/M. In my spare time I ...

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