What is the SHIFT Speaker Database?
The SHIFT Speaker Database aims to highlight the diversity of tech and digital public speakers in the South West, as well as offer support for those new to the sector and region. Our focus is on facilitating platforms for underrepresented voices in tech and digital.
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Ali Kazmi
Founder
Bristol, UK
Ali is the founder of Ethical Equity and A I Simulator. He is on a mission to diversify (and open up) the world of angel investing and provide access to capital without barriers or gatekeepers.
Alicia Teagle
Co-Founder
Bristol,UK
Alicia is the Co-Founder of SR2 and Founder of Women Rock & Tech Volunteers. Alicia is passionate about Recruitment, B-borp, Tech 4 Good, Volunteering, Diversity, Founders and Women in Businesses.
Andy Thornton
Senior Digital Marketing Executive
Bath, UK
Andy can talk about making workplaces, marketing and design more inclusive. He has experience speaking at conferences, guesting on podcasts and being part of a panel, covering topics from 'How to be a good LGBTQ+ Ally' to 'Content writing that is fast, easy and compelling'.
Angela Loveridge
Online Safety Champion
Bristol, UK
The founder of Better Together - Online Safety, Angela is passionate about helping parents, carers and professionals to keep children safe online. Her passion and approach to online safety has earned a nomination for the NSPCC/AoCPP award for Child Protection Trainer of the Year.
Annie Legge
CO-Founder
Bath, UK
Annie is co-founder of DOT PROJECT and Tech4Good South West, a rich network of organisations and individuals throughout the South West creating the opportunities for businesses, the public sector and civil society to have new, collective and transformative impact through technology.
Beth Levi
Data Scientist
Bristol, UK
Beth is a Data Scientist working in Bristol for a Cyber Reinsurance company and am interested in Data Visualization and Dashboarding. She is also interested in promoting women in tech, as someone who underwent a complete career change from a non-tech role.
Bobbi-Jo O’Gilvie
Web Designer
UK
Bobbi is the Founder of Ready to Blog, a studio that specialises in branding, web design, and strategy for the passionate entrepreneur, and Circe, an app for women in business, and a Vision Coach who helps her clients scale to 7-figures through a compassion-based approach.
Briony Phillips
CMO
Bristol, UK
Briony's commitment to economic development and the entrepreneurial ecosystem doesn’t end with The Investment Activator Programme or Rocketmakers, in 2021 she released an open dataset to raise awareness of Tech for Good businesses and hosts events and projects with the region’s growth at their heart.
Cornell Campbell
Head of Sales
Bristol, UK
Cornell has a background in technical product centric startups, consultative solutions and value add services with global enterprises, international Government and Law Enforcement. Cornell is passionate about sales consultancy in Virtualisation, IoT, Government Software development, Data Science, Fitness and Mental Health.
Crystal Carter
Head of SEO Communications
Exeter, UK
Crystal is Head of SEO Communications at Wix. She helps SEO and Wix users understand how to get results with SEO, PPC, CRO, digital strategy, digital campaigns and deep-dive data interpretation. Crystal loves speaking about SEO, Digital Marketing, Personal Branding and Digital Transformation.
Eriol Fox
Product Manager & Senior Designer
Bristol, UK
Designer of 10+ years, Eriol works at Simply Secure on design, research, open-source and technology projects, and is also a PhD researcher at Newcastle University's Open Lab. Eriol is a non-binary, queer person who uses they/them pronouns.
Hannah Smith
Operations & Training Manager
Minehead, UK
Hannah works for the Green Web Foundation, a non-profit with a mission to make the internet fossil free. With a BSc in Computer Science and experience as a freelance WordPress developer, she brings a rare ability to marry technical understanding with an understanding of people.
Jaye Cowle
Managing Director
Exeter, UK
Jaye Cowle is the Founder of Launch, an award-winning paid media agency in the South West. Her energy and shrewd business know-how has seen her leverage digital advertising for national and multi-national brands.
Joanne Kiston
Senior Data Scientist
Bristol, UK
Joanne has been lucky enough to jump between diverse fields in the course of her career. She enjoys speaking about data science & machine learning, electronic engineering, and is currently working on time series based Data Science/Machine Learning projects.
Karin Rudolph
Founder
Bristol, UK
Founder of Collective Intelligence, a hub for ethical innovation for tech businesses wanting to embed ethical thinking into their products and services. She have a background in Sociology, studies in Philosophy with expertise in AI and data ethics, privacy, and ethics as a service.
Laura Gemmell
Senior Data Scientist
Bristol, UK
Founder of Edtech company Taught by Humans, Laura saw a need for fun, friendly accessible tech education to make sure everyone has access to the opportunities provided by advancing technology. She loves teaching and she is driven by the lightbulb moment in her students eyes.
Lyssa-Fêe Crump
Founder
Cornwall, UK
GIF obsessed marketing badass who loves helping brands grow, Lyssa-Fêe wants you all to say no to vanilla! Founder of Kraken Marketing, a marketing agency that works with companies around the globe, she regularly speaks about Agile marketing, diversity in tech, and data-driven marketing.
Nicola Telford
Founder
Bristol, UK
Nicola s the Founder at ViewsForChange The Impact Marketing Platform & Club. She was named TechSPARK Founder Of The Year 2022. Nicola enjoys speaking about Marketing, Female Founder Journey, Raising Early Stage Investment, Tech For Good and Corporate Giving.
Nicole Askwith-Williams
Product Manager
Bristol, UK
Product Manager, PT & Online Coach, Nicole looks to find balance in work and home life. Agile ways of working and user research are some passions inside the office, and making sure the mind and body are in top condition is something she strives for.
Rema Mukena
Content Producer
Bristol, UK
An award-winning bright minded individual, passionate about creating engaging content, Rema was named one of the most influential people in Bristol under the age of 24 by Rife Magazine and one of the most inspiring Black journalists in the UK by Behind Local News.
Renee Jacobs
Founder
Bath, UK
Passion for relationship building and creating inclusive, safe and welcoming spaces feeds into Renée's customer-focused work at Actual Experience and is the driving force behind the social enterprise she founded: B in Bath. Renée is also a Non-Executive Director at TechSPARK.
Sara Telahoun
Principal Consultant
Bristol, UK
Climate change expert with over 10 years in sustainability who delivers tools and support to local governments on reducing the impacts of climate change, Sara has worked to help local governments understand their greenhouse gas emissions and opportunities to decarbonise and develop climate action strategies.
Shira Tsinovich
Senior Quality Assurance Manager
Bristol/Gloucester, UK
Shira is passionate about quality assurance, performance engineering, software testing and diversity in tech. She is experienced in test, deployment, product ownership, professional services, advocating for customer needs, and management of onsite and offshore teams, strong analytical and problem solving.
Sunjay Singh
Creative Director
Bristol, UK
As Director of video production company Life Media UK, Sunjay has spent 10 years growing businesses through the sheer power of video marketing. Sunjay has overseen the successful creation of hundreds of KPI-busting marketing videos, delivering real results for brands across the UK and internationally.
Zobir Alexander
Founder
Bristol, UK
Zobir is a Medical Doctor and founder of Well Squared. With proper education about nutrition, wellbeing and planet-friendly practices, Well Squared help user to stay healthy. Zobir is passionate speaking about Medicine, Marketing, Healthcare, Wellbeing and his Founder Journey.
Be a part of the SHIFT Speaker Database
The SHIFT Speaker Database aims to highlight the diversity of tech and digital public speakers in the South West, as well as offer support for those new to the sector and region. Our focus is on facilitating platforms for underrepresented voices in tech and digital, in particular:
- Those from the LGBT+ community
- Women, trans and non-binary individuals
- Those of Black and Asian heritage
- Neurodivergent and disabled individuals
The South West has a thriving tech and digital sector with a track record of holding invaluable events for our community to connect with one another.
Whilst our sector holds a copious number of events, they, unfortunately, don’t represent the diversity of the region. This is something we can’t afford to ignore as our sector grows alongside the need for diverse talent; the significance of representation has been proven to be a great source of inspiration to those wanting to join the tech and digital sector.
Zara NanuCEO & Founder of Gapsquare
“The lack of diversity at events, senior roles and boardrooms merely shows one part of underrepresentation in the tech sector. There are so many talented unrepresented voices in the industry who have the potential to make the Bristol & Bath tech sector even better, so we’re really happy to support SHIFT to celebrate diverse voices in our region.”
Joyann BoyceCEO & Founder of Arima & Co
"The more we can get the underrepresented voices of experts in tech and digital into conferences, events around the South West, the greater and richer our community will be"
Marissa Lewis-PeartMidweight UX Consultant at Immersive Labs
"I decided to join the SHIFT Speaker Database as it was the perfect opportunity to not only become the kind of role model that I would love to see, but also network with other people from underrepresented backgrounds and other speakers."
