About Monitus

"Monitus" derives from the Latin for "advice". Although we strive to provide our customers with the best possible advice, we also "walk the talk". As Thomas H. Huxley said "The great end of knowledge is not knowledge, but action". We are passionate about helping businesses use the Internet in innovative and profitable ways.

Monitus LLC was founded in 2001 by Michael Whitaker. Except for brief stints with Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) and Groupe Danone, Michael has always been most at home in a small entrepreneurial environment; most recently, Michael ran the US operation of a European knowledge management software company. Prior to that he was a sales manager for a food trading company. Michael holds an Engineering degree from Imperial College in London, and an MSc from the London School of Economics.

Michael's partner Tom Triggs was educated in Computer Studies at Manchester Metropolitan University, and has been involved in all aspects of the computer industry for the last 20 years.

Tom has established several successful businesses, including being involved in the early stages of S & S International, the publishers of Dr Solomon's Anti Virus software. He has worked at Seiko-Epson and has been a consultant to many companies and government bodies. In this role he has designed and developed systems from distributed cash flow forecasting to housing maintenance systems. The foreign exchange management system he developed is described in detail in "Effective Management of Foreign Exchange" published by McGraw-Hill.

Tom has been involved in all aspects of Intranet and Internet software design and development. This has included integrating web-based solutions with traditional client-server systems, and applying artificial intelligence to information organization, personalization and distribution.