Chris Youett

Chris Youett is a leading authority on IT and its applications. He has been covering this industry and the associated business issues for over 30 years. . . .

Press trips - Chris is happy to accept invitations for Press and Facility trips in the UK, Europe, the Americas, Asia-Pacific, etc. He has a good record of being able to place any stories he picks up on such trips - and is regarded by most PR people as good at understanding local cultural differences. . . .

He started programming at school in 1965 on the very first course in the world. He holds membership of Institute of Management, Institute for Management of Information Systems and British Computer Society. . . .

Youett has written for many newspapers and magazines over the years. He has had considerable experience of launching and re-launching publications. . . .

He prefers all press releases by post as these are much quicker to read. He can be contacted by phone or pager (0345 345 100 - call sign is Chris 200). . . .

Youett has a solid reputation with commissioning editors for meeting deadlines, supplying the copy in the correct format (eg. DOS or ASCII) to the correct length, with associated photographs, etc. . . .

His hobbies include: walking the dog, real ale, model railways, early colour transparancies and is Vice-president of Coventry Rugby Club. . . .

Youett prefers either English, Chinese, Japanese or Italian menus. He likes to be given the press pack in advance of press conferences so that he properly briefed.