Researcher at the University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Researcher at the University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
PhD researcher focussing on agile software development, individual understanding and culture change, through a longitudinal ethnographic-narrative study into process change.
Experienced in process facilitation, tutoring, management and administration, information systems research, agile processes, retrospectives, conference organisation, document processing and copyediting.
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
October 2006 — Present (2 years 10 months)
A consultancy role, focussing on potential implementation of new processes. Looking at, and optimising, information management and structure of social software and information structures. Identifying staff needs and development practices. Facilitating meetings. Implementing agile processes where appropriate.
(Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2006 — Present (3 years 7 months)
Acting as researcher for The Agile Narratives Project, funded by the Agile Alliance, which gathers personal stories relevant to Agile software development.
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
January 2006 — Present (3 years 7 months)
Designing and leading postgraduate courses in Interdisciplinary and Group Processes and Research Methods in CSAI.
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
October 2005 — Present (3 years 10 months)
EPSRC funded CASE studentship PhD position. Researching individual understanding and culture change, through a longitudinal ethnographic-narrative study into process change, with focus on conversational storytelling and agile software development.
Associated Activities: Brighton Coding Dojo facilitator, Brighton Agile Forum founder, Agile Narratives Director (funded by Agile Alliance), XPDay 2007 poster chair, CommercialiSE fellow, HCT Seminar organiser 2006-2007, Brighton Girl Geek Dinner Co-Organiser. Qualified as an Associate Tutor, a Certified Scrum Master and in Traditional Storytelling.
DPhil , Informatics , 2006 — 2010 (expected)
EPSRC funded CASE studentship PhD position. Researching communication aspects in implementation of agile software development processes, with focus on conversational storytelling.
PGCert , Narrative Research , 2005 — 2006
Focus on conversational narratives in software engineering and 'small story' research.
MSc , Intelligent Systems , 2001 — 2003
MSc focussed on knowledge based systems, software development and programming. Dissertation was a interactive learning environment, using a self-organising map neural network, to teach Norwegian vowel pronunciation.
BA , Philosophy (Cognitive Science) , 1999 — 2001
BA focussed on philosophy of language and cognitive linguistics.