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Technology strategist

In a short paragraph

Community organiser, tech consultant, and founder. Experience of scaling and digital transformation at Comic Relief and the UK Government Digital Service (GDS). UX evangelist at Microsoft, engaging startups. OG mentor at Seedcamp. Longterm judge at the Tech4Good Awards, a Newspeak House fellow, and cofounder of Techfugees, Citizen Beta, and Tech For UK.

In a longer paragraph

Over 25 years working in digital has given Josh a broad experience of planning and implementing technology across sectors, industries, and scales in a range of often high-pressure scenarios. Working in Comic Relief, Microsoft, the UK Government Digital Service, and a range of voluntary organisations, Josh knows firsthand how well-designed and efficiently delivered technology can bring real and effective business transformation or social change. He brings pragmatic, systems, and critical thinking and the lean and agile approach that’s a necessity of small organisations to large challenging problems. Josh has judged the Tech4Good Awards for 7 years, is a fellow at Newspeak House civic tech community, cofounded Techfugees, Citizen Beta, and Tech For UK, and is a jury member of the Techfugees Global Challenges.

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Twitter: http://twitter.com/joshr / @joshr
LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/joshr