Tech Talks

Sue is a Technology Evangelist and Digital Skills Expert, and was awarded an OBE for “services to technology” in the 2016 Queen’s New Year’s Honours list. She is now a UK government advisor, thought leader, Honorary Professor of Computer Science at UCL, social entrepreneur, writer and public speaker.

Jonathan is responsible for all technological and product management activities at PensionBee. Jonathan started his career at British Telecom and worked with a variety of startups prior to joining PensionBee, accumulating a wide range of technical experience through his digital consultancy, Penrose. Jonathan holds an MSci in Experimental and Theoretical Physics from Cambridge University.

Chris is at BBOXX, a firm committed to developing solutions providing affordable, clean energy to off-grid communities in the developing world. Founded in 2010 by Chris and two fellow Imperial College London students, the company has enjoyed fast growth; BBOXX has now deployed more than 150,000 solar kits and impacted over 750,000 lives across Africa and Asia.

Thriva.co are on a mission to give simple and affordable tools to people to help understand and track their internal health data, because better decisions start with better data. Here Hamish talks about their journey and approaching health as an industry outsider.

Thriva.co are on a mission to give simple and affordable tools to people to help understand and track their internal health data, because better decisions start with better data. Here Hamish talks about their journey and approaching health as an industry outsider.

Chris is at BBOXX, a firm committed to developing solutions providing affordable, clean energy to off-grid communities in the developing world. Founded in 2010 by Chris and two fellow Imperial College London students, the company has enjoyed fast growth; BBOXX has now deployed more than 150,000 solar kits and impacted over 750,000 lives across Africa and Asia.

Carol is responsible for the internal technology used by Telegraph staff. Ensuring her team provide tech services in an environment that's ever-changing is always a challenge, and here we explore the challenges caused by the rate of change and attitudes towards tech. In our topical chat we go Christmas themed!

Carol is responsible for the internal technology used by Telegraph staff. Ensuring her team provide tech services in an environment that's ever-changing is always a challenge, and here we explore the challenges caused by the rate of change and attitudes towards tech. In our topical chat we go Christmas themed!

Carol is responsible for the internal technology used by Telegraph staff. Ensuring her team provide tech services in an environment that's ever-changing is always a challenge, and here we explore the challenges caused by the rate of change and attitudes towards tech. In our topical chat we go Christmas themed!

Our featured guest in this episode is Vicki Hearn, who leads the UK's leading funder of tech for good projects, initiating programmes that use digital technology creatively to tackle significant social challenges. Before that interview we chat about crypto-currency which has been in the news this weekend.