Innovation advice

Work I have led on has influenced government policy and corporate/institutional strategies, including the UK government’s Education Technology Strategy, Digital Strategy, Future of Compute Review, DCMS Areas of Research Interest and Horizon Scanning activities more generally. As a recognised expert I have been invited to give evidence to Parliamentary Select Committees, contributed to All Party Parliamentary Groups and often given media interviews.

I can help you to devise and refine your own innovation strategies - particularly around digital technologies, sector shock, transition and resilience. Approaches tend to vary based on the project but can include a mixture of keynote presentations; online, hybrid and in-person workshops and roundtables; desk based research and 1:1 interviews.

Bid development

With Grantify, I’ve supported over 150 startups to access government funding from sources like Innovate UK, the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator and Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) in the United States. I also have eight years’ experience assessing hundreds of Innovate UK funding proposals for over £500 million of investment.

Thanks to this real-world experience I have a very good idea of what makes for a successful proposal to funders or investors, and I can help you craft that winning bid. Check out the testimonials section of this site for feedback from some of my clients.

Project and programme management

I have over twenty years’ experience of project and programme management including multi-million pound procurements. Most recently I have been coordinating the £4.5M ExCALIBUR Hardware & Enabling Software programme, which has chartered a series of next generation pre-Exascale High Performance Computing (HPC) testbeds.

I’ve supported procurements from inception through requirements gathering and managing the tender process to commissioning and acceptance testing, and am familiar with procurement vehicles like Dynamic Purchasing Systems. I’ve provided day-to-day project and programme management and reporting assistance using tools like Jira to track progress against objectives. I’m also comfortable with managing exceptions such as supply chain delays and liaising with funders / senior management.