I’ve worked for almost 20 years but these are the things I enjoy doing the most as a freelancer:
Startup mentoring
Having had my own startup in the past (Good Night Lamp) I’m always happy to support others on their journey and was Entrepreneur-in-residence at Startupbootcamp IoT (2014). I can review a pitch deck, financial planning, fundraising targets or ambitions and make relevant introductions.
Funding application feedback
As a former external assessor for Innovate UK, AHRC, Horizon 2020, EIT Digital and EIT Fintech programmes, I can provide feedback or help edit a funding application.
Recruitment support
As an experienced leader, I have hired, promoted and restructured creative teams throughout my career. I can provide feedback on job descriptions, recruitment process, skills matrix, promotion processes or contribute to a hiring panel as an external contributor.
Event design
I’m an experienced event curator and have designed events around the world. I’ve run the London Internet of Things meetup (14K members) on and off since 2011, IoT Boost for Digital Catapult (2014), designed the Smart Oxford Challenge for Nominet (2015), a Design Day for the British Standards Institute, the first developer event for Bosch (2016), Ada’s List yearly gathering at the FT (2019), Making it! in Liverpool (2018) and Papercamp 3 (2024).
I’m also happy to produce other people’s events or installations. I was the sole producer for the Mozilla Festival (2011 & 2012 editions) and produced two international installations for Superflux (2021 and 2023)
Insights reports or R&D projects
I’ll conduct research or lead projects in an emerging area where technology, design, ethics and climate change might overlap for my clients. These have included: BBC R&D, EDF R&D, The Tony Blair Institute, Dark Matter Labs, Nominet, Chimni, Device Pilot, The Wellcome Trust.
Lecturing & public speaking
I’ve been a guest lecturer in universities and corporate events since 2007. You can see a long list of my contributions here.
(If an event is ticketed, London Speaker Bureau represents me. Please note that for environmental reasons I no longer fly to give talks but am happy to take a train or contribute to your event remotely).
Get in touch if you’d like to chat about any of the above or if what you have in mind isn’t here. I will always try to recommend a friend if I’m not the right person for the job.