External Advisory Board

He has in depth expertise in leading, managing and teaching in the Futher and Higher Eduction. He is interested in innovative curricula to meet the needs of local, national, government and skills agenda.

Amongst other things, she is interested in all things related to the VR/AR (Metaverse), Industry 4.0, Connected Living/Home, Companion Devices, and User Experience. Previously, she held a position as a research engineer (scientist) in R&D for the BBC.

She has extensive hands-on experience in areas to do with designing and building visual experiences on emerging technologies and enjoys looking into how audiences respond to novel experiences.

She has a healthy interest in inclusive thinking and diversity. She has a PhD in Computer Science (VR) from University College London and a BEng. in Information Systems Engineering from the University of Surrey.

Alisha is the Lead Product Designer at 11:FS Pulse and has extensive experience in User Experience (UX) design, particularly in the Fintech sector.

Her UX and product design experience is underpinned by over 10 years working in design for print, digital and interaction, branding, web development and business management in waterfall, lean and agile environments.

She has two undergraduate degrees in Business Computing and IT, and Web Development from Aston University, Birmingham and SAE/Middlesex University, London, respectively, and an MSc in Human-Centred Systems from City University of London.

Her experiences at university and then industry mean she is passionate about ensuring that higher education is equipping graduates with the skills to succeed in a world of emerging technologies and professions. She is a lover of lifting, technology, Fintech and Spanish.

Damien is a Senior Team Leader at Utility Warehouse. He previously worked as a website developer at M3 Housing Software. Damien is an alumni of the department and studied BSc Computing.

Phil is a big beardy AI geek who loves working with data and solving interesting problems. 

He is especially interested in soft skills for technical people in data, empathy, ethics and in the impact of data on what people know and how they know it. Starting his career with a BA in AI, he has worked in a wide range of industries from surveying, to architecture, to advertising, to being the CTO and technical founder of a data start-up.

Phil most recently worked at Microsoft as Industrial Metaverse Architect in the Industrial Metaverse Core group.

Robin is now Lead Creative Technologist at Burberry and was previously at rehab_agency.

Before this he worked at Fjord, part of Accenture Interactive. He designs & builds interactive tools and digital experiences enabling new forms of creative expression.

He is an alumni of Goldsmiths Computing Department (MSci Creative Computing and BSc Creative Computing).

Jennifer’s research areas include HCI, theology and computer science and accessibility and research through design.