Hugh Wallis has overall technical responsibility for standards development at XBRL International. To this role he brings over 30 years of software development experience in fields as diverse as Finite Element Stress Analysis, Transport Vehicle and Operator Scheduling, Compiler development, Operational and Financial Business Modelling, Multidimensional (OLAP) Databases and Business Reporting.
He became involved with the XBRL Consortium in January 2000 while a Software Architect at Hyperion Solutions and was formerly an "At Large" member of the XBRL International Steering Committee, Chair of the XBRL Specification Working Group, Chair of the XBRL-GL Working Group, Chair of the XBRL Canada Domain/Taxonomy Working Group and is a co-editor of the XBRL 2.1, Specification and other XBRL International technical products.
He holds an M.A. in Mathematics from the University of Oxford and an M.Sc. in Computer Science from the Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London and is an Associate Member of the Canadian Association of Management Consultants. His interests include music, languages (both computer and spoken), genealogical research and techniques, visiting and crossing international borders, and geocaching. He is married and has one very active twelve year old son and two very lazy cats.
