I am a Managing Director in Accenture, leading our Industry X Product Development, Engineering and Manufacturing team in the UK and Ireland. Industry X is a new Accenture business focused on the development of smart products and platforms and digitising the engineering and manufacturing processes that create them. In many ways a scale-up business within Accenture, our goal is to turbo charge the business by 2025. Learn more about it at https://youtu.be/XaLxTEI3atI. Having joined Accenture after studying engineering and then travelling, I’ve spent the majority of my career developing from the many and varied opportunities that the firm has offered. From my formative years programming COBOL in financial services to the delivery of an innovative new consumer products and platforms, life has never been dull, and I wouldn’t change a day of it.Personally, I specialise in the shaping and delivery of exciting new product and platform creation initiatives across the a diverse range of clients and industries. I am proud to say that I have helped to drive several innovative product and platform launches over the years such as YouView, BT Sport, myBBC, All4 and F1TV – all industry disrupting in their own right. Some of my proudest professional moments have been the launch of YouView, the first live games of the football season on BT Sport and the relaunch of F1TV. My client work continues to focus on products development across comms and media, software and platforms, automotive and beyond, where I lead our digital platform work across clients such as the BBC, Channel 4, Formula 1, ISBA, Sage and JLR. I’m lucky enough to be married with a wonderful daughter and an energetic Labrador, and we live in the lovely Chiltern Hills. I’m a big sport fan – particularly football, a Leeds United fan and I enjoy nice cars. I like my running, squash and I love the snow – with snowboarding being a huge passion.Feel free to drop me a message if you’d like to connect; or tweet me @danielcfarrell.