Editing Terry Halpin (section)

== Biography ==
Born in [[Australia]], Halpin studied at the [[University of Queensland]] starting in the 1970s and eventually received a BSc, DipEd, BA, MLitStud and in 1989 a PhD with the thesis "A logical analysis of information systems : static aspects of the data-oriented perspective" under John Staples.<ref>Halpin, Terence Aidan. ''[http://www.orm.net/Halpin_PhDthesis.pdf A logical analysis of information systems: static aspects of the data-oriented perspective].'' University of Queensland, 1989. p. iii</ref>

In the 1970s he started working at the [[University of Queensland]] at the Key Centre for Software Technology at the Department of Computer Science, which he combined with some work in industry on [[database model]]ing.<ref name="ORMHALPIN08">[http://www.orm.net/halpin.html Terry Halpin] homepage at orm.net. Retrieved 1 October 2008.</ref>

In the 1990s he moved to industry heading the database research at multiple software companies, including [[Visio Corporation]]. When this company was acquired by [[Microsoft]] he became Program Manager in Database Modeling, and worked on the "conceptual and logical database modeling technology in Microsoft Visio for Enterprise Architects".<ref name="ORMHALPIN08"/>

In the new millennium back in academia he was Professor at [[Neumont University]], focusing on "business rules approach to informatics". In 2009 he switched back to industry becoming a Principal Scientist at [http://www.logicblox.com LogicBlox], and became a part-time Professor at [[INTI International University]] in Malaysia.

Halpin is a member of [[IFIP WG 8.1]] (Design and Evaluation of Information Systems). He has been editor for multiple academic journals. And he several workshops and conferences on modeling both industry and academia.<ref name="ORMHALPIN08"/>