Mary Wintershausen, Socitm Insight Associate

Socitm Insight Associate and independent consultant Mary Wintershausen's 37 year career includes the health and private sectors and 23 years in local government ICT management. For the last 7 years she has been an independent consultant specialising in the development of local e-government.

Mary has conducted assignments for a variety of local and central government clients. Her research work for Socitm Insight includes many reports on the development and practice of local e-government, and reviews of the efficiency and transformation agendas.

She has carried out many training and skills development assignments, including e-government for elected members as part of the IDeA 'Modern Members' development programme; Socitm Learning's e-government, efficiency and transformation courses; the Employers' Organisation 'Managers e-government development network' and specific seminars and workshops for a variety of individual councils.