Alex Cline

Alex Cline serves as a Senior Lecturer in Information Systems Management at Queen Mary University of London, affiliated with the School of Physical and Chemical Sciences. Based at the London City Institute of Technology (5 Hope Street, Leamouth Peninsula, London E14 0BZ), he focuses on teaching sustainable technology service design and implementation while holding professional certifications as an AWS Academy Faculty Ambassador and Google Cloud Faculty Expert.

His educational background includes:

• MA from University of Sussex Center for Digital Material Culture
• PhD from Anglia Ruskin University’s Cultures of the Digital Economy Institute (now StoryLab)

Cline specializes in developing information systems for sustainability, cultural heritage, and collections management, with deep expertise in public/private cloud technologies for scalable distributed architectures. His work bridges academic research and commercial applications, emphasizing practical cloud infrastructure solutions through certifications in AWS, Google Cloud, PeopleCert, and ServiceNow.

No scientific awards or major prizes are documented in the provided materials.

He has led significant educational initiatives including the GLA and DfE-funded Digital Skills Bootcamp in Digital Service Design at Northeastern University, and currently teaches apprentices at Queen Mary's London City Institute of Technology—including the Fundamentals of Programming module (IOT451U)—while developing industry-aligned technical training programs.

Operating within Queen Mary's London City Institute of Technology framework, Cline contributes to a specialized technical education ecosystem focused on digital skills apprenticeships and workforce development in London's tech corridor.