I have been building digital systems since 1990. I have also been autistic and ADHD for considerably longer — though I did not have the language for it until much later.
That combination turns out to be professionally significant. The hyperfocus that made me a relentless systems thinker. The pattern recognition that lets me see across complexity that others find overwhelming. The directness that clients describe as 'refreshingly honest'. The deep discomfort with exclusion by design — because I have experienced it.
When I advise on inclusive technology, I am not applying a checklist. I am drawing on a lifetime of navigating systems built for someone else, and three decades of building better ones.
Professional background
36 years building, advising on, and transforming digital systems across enterprise, government, and social purpose organisations. Former Accenture Principal. Current advisory roles spanning Cabinet Office, DSIT, NHS, British Red Cross, WaterAid, and the National Autistic Society.
Expertise spans enterprise architecture, inclusive design, AI ethics, open source strategy, and digital policy. Equally at home in a boardroom and a participatory research session.
What I bring to advisory work
Enterprise architecture depth. Three decades of designing, selecting, and governing technology platforms across sectors — from multinational programme delivery to single-organisation transformation. I understand how systems connect, where they fail, and what it takes to change them without breaking what works.
Lived experience of disability and neurodivergence. Not as background context, but as an active analytical lens. I notice barriers that non-disabled consultants miss. I challenge assumptions about 'normal' users because I have been the user those assumptions exclude. This is pattern recognition from the inside — not performed empathy or academic abstraction.
Government and policy advisory. Active advisory roles with Cabinet Office, DSIT, and NHS bodies. I understand procurement, policy cycles, and the specific constraints of public sector digital transformation. I can translate between technical teams, policy teams, and boards.
Open source conviction. I advocate for open source solutions not as a cost play, but as a structural commitment to digital sovereignty. Organisations should own their systems, understand their architecture, and not depend on a vendor's commercial roadmap. I recommend open technologies wherever they serve the client's long-term interests.
Independence. I am not an agency, a reseller, or a vendor. I have no platform to push, no managed service to upsell, no team to keep billable. My advice is unencumbered by commercial conflicts — which is precisely why boards and executives retain me.
The Digital Diversity Living Lab
Proceeds from my advisory work support the Digital Diversity Living Lab — an independent R&D organisation co-designing digital systems, tools, and emerging technology with disabled and neurodivergent communities.
The Lab is not a side project. It is the purpose that gives the advisory practice its coherence and distinctiveness. Every client engagement deepens the evidence base. Every policy consultation strengthens the case for change.
→ Learn more about the Living Lab
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