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I am a passionate and pragmatic advocate of using technology to engage, empower, promote access and drive change. I am a dynamic, ambitious, and authentic leader and manager of teams. Intensely practical, innovative and technically skilled, I enjoy the challenge and variety of managing multiple priorities; engaging with all stakeholders in equal measure, ensuring that what is designed and built is what is needed and used. I am a superb communicator who is personable and builds rapport and relationships easily. I demonstrate strong negotiating, motivating and influencing skills. I act as a bridge between many things; technical & non-technical, creative & practical. Engaging with, & listening to people is at the heart of what I do. My motto is: Everything is about people!I am aware of bias and context in technical solutions, and capability and capacity in organisations. I appreciate that access to knowledge and technology is variable and work to create equity where possible.Digital transformation: I love helping organisations use technology to support them and increase the impact in the work they do, creating and embedding a vision and bringing people along on the journey towards it.  People say that I have a great ability to explain the technical in a way that is very easy to understand.Career highlights: When I have fulfilled my passion for using tech for good; running an agriculture open data hackathon in Nairobi, Kenya & building an award winning website during the Ebola crisis. Specialties: Tech4Good, business development, digital strategy, digital transformation, leadership, user personas, innovation, open development, open data, open source software, open access, project management, agile, teaching, photography

Listed skills include Sustainable Development, Ict4D, Report Writing, Research, and 15 others.