Experience

EasyPeasy

• United Kingdom
• E-Learning Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder & CEO

  • Feb 2016 - Present

  London, United Kingdom EasyPeasy is a mission-led social enterprise calling for a systems change in education towards early intervention. Key accomplishments: ● Winner, 2020 for Best Resource for Parents and Home Learning, Bett Awards ● Winner, 2019 for Best Early Years Content, Bett Awards ● Delivered 31% avg yoy revenue growth over five years ● Secured >$4m in social impact investment ● Built interdisciplinary team of engineers, designers, commercial, operations, and data… Show more EasyPeasy is a mission-led social enterprise calling for a systems change in education towards early intervention. Key accomplishments: ● Winner, 2020 for Best Resource for Parents and Home Learning, Bett Awards ● Winner, 2019 for Best Early Years Content, Bett Awards ● Delivered 31% avg yoy revenue growth over five years ● Secured >$4m in social impact investment ● Built interdisciplinary team of engineers, designers, commercial, operations, and data analytics personnel with 90% yoy staff retention ● Brokered strategic partnership with University of Oxford, generating multiple positive independent randomised control trial evaluations of EasyPeasy’s impact ● Secured multi-year delivery partnership with the UK Department of Education through their Early Years Social Mobility Programme, reaching over 100,000 disadvantaged families ● Developed flagship multi-year social impact & digital innovation partnership with LEGO Group and LEGO Foundation Responsibilities: ● Create, communicate and implement company vision, mission and overall direction. ● Build and lead the senior team and evaluate their performance. ● Formulate and implement EasyPeasy’s strategic plan. ● Devise appropriate performance measures and evaluate company success. ● Model and shape the company’s values and culture. ● Maintain an awareness of the competitive landscape, opportunities for growth, new customers, new markets, new industry developments. ● Allocate capital and resources to the company’s priorities. ● Initiate change projects. ● Develop the EasyPeasy community through effective experiential/communications activities. ● Listen to users in order to improve services and encourage community involvement. ● Represent and lead EasyPeasy’s international public and investor relations activity. ● Initiate, develop, and maintain cooperative relationships with key partners. ● Work with the Board to ensure financing to support short and long-term objectives. Show less



Founders4Schools

• United Kingdom
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Advisory Board Member

  • May 2018 - Present



Government Digital Service

• United Kingdom
• Government Relations Services
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Product Owner

  • Jun 2014 - Feb 2016

  London, United Kingdom ● Led internal product development across Department of Health, Department of Work & Pensions, Ministry of Justice, Department of Business, Innovation & Skills, and UK Research Councils ● Investigated and defined user and business needs, worked with policy and business leads to develop product vision and roadmaps, managed and prioritised flow of work with agile teams ● Drove effective culture change within government departments through introducing agile working and human-centred design… Show more ● Led internal product development across Department of Health, Department of Work & Pensions, Ministry of Justice, Department of Business, Innovation & Skills, and UK Research Councils ● Investigated and defined user and business needs, worked with policy and business leads to develop product vision and roadmaps, managed and prioritised flow of work with agile teams ● Drove effective culture change within government departments through introducing agile working and human-centred design methodologies and achieving senior level buy-in ● Formed and led multi-disciplinary teams of engineers, service designers, user researchers, and policy makers Show less



The RSA (The royal society for arts, manufactures and commerce)

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Fellow & Associate

  • Oct 2013 - Jan 2016



Nesta

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Head of Learning

  • Aug 2011 - Jul 2013

  London, United Kingdom ● Designed Nesta’s impact evaluation strategy to measure and communicate the social impact of an annual £40m grant making programme budget. ● Led implementation through providing consultation and support on evaluation and social business model design to grantees and training Grant Managers in social impact methodologies. ● Communicated and shared evidence of impact to external audiences including policy makers, funders, government and the third sector through producing quantitative… Show more ● Designed Nesta’s impact evaluation strategy to measure and communicate the social impact of an annual £40m grant making programme budget. ● Led implementation through providing consultation and support on evaluation and social business model design to grantees and training Grant Managers in social impact methodologies. ● Communicated and shared evidence of impact to external audiences including policy makers, funders, government and the third sector through producing quantitative analysis, reports, and engagement events. ● Running competitive tendering processes to secure external support on evaluation and programme delivery activities. Show less



Demos

• Public Policy Offices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Researcher

  • Sep 2007 - Aug 2011

  London, United Kingdom ● Formulated and launched flagship research programme on early years and social mobility. ● Led a multi-disciplinary team of statisticians, researchers, and policy analysts in designing and conducting longitudinal analysis, qualitative and ethnographic research. ● Developed research proposals, engaged with funders and sponsors, and achieved annual fundraising targets of £250k. ● Communicated research findings to a range of audiences including to the national media, local… Show more ● Formulated and launched flagship research programme on early years and social mobility. ● Led a multi-disciplinary team of statisticians, researchers, and policy analysts in designing and conducting longitudinal analysis, qualitative and ethnographic research. ● Developed research proposals, engaged with funders and sponsors, and achieved annual fundraising targets of £250k. ● Communicated research findings to a range of audiences including to the national media, local and national government, and practitioner bodies. ● Conducted qualitative research activities including focus groups, workshops, ethnography, expert interviews. ● Worked with external contractors to design and execute quantitative research activities including surveys, cohort analysis, regression analyses with a focus on reliability and validity. ● Analysed and synthesised research outputs into reports and publications aimed at policy and general audiences. ● Communicated findings of reports through in-person events, radio and tv interviews. ● Supported senior colleagues with proposal development and fundraising. Show less