Graduating as a Civil Engineer in 1991, Ian spent 6 years in highway design & construction before moving into software in 1997 where Ian spent 2 yrs as a Support Analyst for the then MOSS systems, later Infrasoft, before moving into software development as an Application Engineer for a further 2 years. In 2001 Ian took on his first a Product Manager role. With the acquisition of Infrasoft Ian joined Bentley and continued working as Product Manager.