Run a finger down the editorial board listed in The Computer Journal, a respected UK publication, and you will come to N. Donofrio, Armonk, USA.

His listing in the British Computer Society publication, devoted to topics beyond the ken of the average techno-junkie, is evidence that even though many years have passed since Nick Donofrio did what he describes as "real work" - he was a chip designer - International Business Machines' senior vice-president for technology and manufacturing still holds his own among the luminaries of the computing establishment.