My Work

Parliament User Group
I’m a founding member of the The Parliament User Group (PUG), an external, critical friend to the Parliamentary Digital Service (PDS).

parliusergroup.tumblr.com
Brightoneers
Organiser

Inherited from Tom Nixon in 2018

A network of 500 change-makers in –and for– Brighton & Hove, UK.

brightoneers.co.uk
facebook.com/groups/brightoneers
Tech For UK
Cofounder

Since 2018

A network of UK tech & innovation leaders want a people’s vote on the terms of Brexit that includes the option to remain a member of the EU.

techforuk.com
Karve
Powerful control over your content’s metadata.

karvehq.com
Disrupt 100
Judge

Since 2016

The DISRUPT 100 is a bi-annual index detailing the companies shaping our futures.

The report tracks the world’s most disruptive businesses, compiled and curated by the world’s leading entrepreneurs, investors and business people.

disrupt100.com
Techfugees
Founding Member, Head of Digital Strategy

Since 2015

Moved by the plight of refugees in Europe, a number of technology industry people have formed a voluntary team to create the series of non-profit “Techfugees” conferences, hackathons, and work with a global network of collaborators.

techfugees.com
Newspeak House
Fellow

2015 – 2016

Newspeak House is an events venue, community space, residential incubator and hangout in East London set up for people who want to change society with technology, and meet other people with similar interests.

nwspk.com
Rokk3r Labs
Partner and EIR, EMEA

2015

Rokk3r Labs is a unique platform where we partner entrepreneurs with our strategists, creatives and engineers to design, build and launch exponential organisations (a process we call “Cobuild”).

rokk3rlabs.com
Citizen Beta
A meetup for people working on civic technology, empowering citizens, and government transformation.

Current: RSVP and/or sponsor our 2016 winter social

citizenbeta.org
Bonfire
My 2nd startup, a browser plugin that makes Twitter.com even more realtime by showing you when your friends are online and giving you a live chat interface.

In September 2012 we announced we’d be shutting Bonfire down.

angel.co/bonfire
Metranet
My first startup, originally Loose Connection, one of the UK’s earliest commercial free wifi hotspot networks, famous for creating the first wifi beach.

Later pivoting to become Metranet offering b2b highly robust and high speed city-wide wireless infrastructure.

metranet.co.uk
Design Authority
Humbled to be invited to be an advocate for this group – “The Design Authority is a collaboration of some of the world’s most recognised Design leaders.”

http://designauthority.org/advocates/josh-russell/
Tech4Good Awards
Proud to be a judge at these awards, celebrating innovation in technology that makes the world a better place.

tech4goodawards.com
City Meets Tech
I’m on the board and selection team at this initiative to connect the City of London banking community to technology start-ups.

citymeetstech.com
ClipStack
An HTML5 video sharing experiment, bookmark MP4 files and create video podcasts.

clipstack.com
Government Digital Service (GDS)
Digital Market Engagement Manager / Supply-base Transformation Manager

2012-2014.

I was finding a new pool of digital companies to support the government’s digital strategy, helping government buy technology in a more agile way, and placing new ways buying tech alongside new ways building tech as being equally important in continuing to successfully deliver digital government.

gds.blog.gov.uk/about
Microsoft
User Experience Evangelist (UXE) for the UK.

2008.

Leading on connecting MS with the UK web and tech industry on emerging MS technologies, as part of the global Developer and Platforms team (DPE).
Comic Relief

Interactive designer and strategist in the digital team.

2004-2008.

Designing and managing applications for the core activities of campaigning and fundraising during the digital transformation, shifting the focus toward online and all year round engagement.