Using Human-Centered Design, Ford's HCD team (formerly D-Ford) helps drive human progress through empathy and creativity. Responsible for leading a team of developers and designers to drive technology innovation and future product development through hardware and software prototyping and technology strategy.

Senior R&D engineer with a focus on initiating, leading and developing creative technology projects across BBC User Experience and Design. Working in collaboration with research & consumer facing teams across the organisation to explore and build the technology future of the BBC.

Recent projects:Director/Creative Technologist - BBC Click's 1000th Interactive special episode (RTS Innovation Award nominee) - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-48867302http://bbc.co.uk/click1000Director/Creative Technologist - BBC's first full-length 360° TV show for Virtual Reality (RTS Innovation Award nominee) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/technology-35788454/bbc-click-filming-an-entire-programme-in-360-degreesBBC Producer - Nothing to be Written VR (Winner, Best UK VR Experience - Raindance, SXSW) - http://bbc.co.uk/postcard

An award-winning BBC journalist reporting globally on a wide range of global technology stories for BBC News/World News and developing and leading a range of innovation projects at the BBC focusing on Mixed Reality and new storytelling formats. In addition to my work as a producer for Click, I have developed and built a number of big screen mass participation experiences for BBC Click Live show events using computer vision, AI speech recognition techniques and live Virtual Reality performance.

Creative Technologist and Artist-in-Residence with the University of Sussex Interact Lab.Working with researchers to create physical installations using ultrasound haptics and ultrasound levitation.

Research Assistant in the Bristol Interaction and Graphics lab, a computer science lab focusing on Human-Computer Interaction research.