Signatories

These are some of the people have signed our pledge to put politics and technology in conversation for the benefit of society.

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  • Susan Aitken

    Leader of Glasgow City Council

  • Derek Alton

    Passionate advocate for improving government, digital transformation with the Government of Canada and Civic Punk

  • Geoff Ballinger

    Startup technologist

  • Anna Burnside

    Journalist, journalism lecturer, humanist celebrant.

  • Nia Campbell

    Co-author of Transform Wales

  • Jo Carter

    Co-author of Transform Wales

  • Stephen Coleman OBE

    CEO and Co-founder of CodeBase

  • Alex Coley

    Data Strategy and Tech Leader, ex-Defra, ex-Welsh Government Brexit Advisory Group

  • David Durant

    Long time civic tech organiser

  • David Farquhar

    Serial entrepreneur and investor

  • Jerry Fishenden

    Seasoned digital professional with extensive experience of delivering better organisations and outcomes in both public and private sectors.

  • Alan Fowler

    Retired business person with special experience in making futures happen.

  • Gavin Freeguard

    Director, State of the Future

  • Gordon Guthrie

    Founder, Tech Executive, ex-Research Fellow at Scottish Government

  • Joe Halliwell

    Old time AI founder currently in large financial institution

  • Keith Harrison

    Software developer

  • Michael Hayes

    Founder

  • Jenni Hislop

    Senior Health Economist

  • Kate Ho

    Technology generalist with expertise in product, engineering and data

  • Steven Holmes

    Software Engineer/Architect with a lot of experience in start-ups and scale-ups

  • Ann Kempster

    Co-author of Transform Wales

  • Iain Kennedy

    Product management leader and tech executive

  • Caroline Laurenson

    Tech entrepreneur, non-executive director in the education sector and STEM ambassador

  • Vijay Luthra

    Public service reform, state capacity and mission delivery expert

  • Jamie McHale

    Technologist, freelance consultant and developer building communities across Scotland.

  • Nadia McKay

    Female founder, ex-corporate, now mentor

  • Mike McQuaid

    CTO, software engineer and open source maintainer

  • Karen Meechan

    CEO ScotlandIS

  • Andrew Mitchell

    Civil Servant. UK Government Department for Science, Innovation & Technology. Creator of Informatics Ventures and Engage Invest Exploit / EIE

  • Craig Parker

    CEO, co-founder and career technical leader

  • Kaya Pelczar

    Inclusive digital product design consultant

  • Richard Pope

    Independent consultant and author

  • Paul Reilly

    Academic specialising in social media and contentious politics, digital activism and peacebuilding

  • Simon Roberts

    Data specialist, Scottish Local Government

  • Edward Saperia

    Dean of the London College of Political Technology

  • Craig Somerville

    Founder at a SaaS AI company and TechScaler founder

  • John McTernan

    Political strategist

  • Dafydd Vaughan

    Co-author of Transform Wales

  • Robert Walker

    Technologist; had inputs to Scotland's AI strategy

  • Hugh Wallace

    Technologist working across the public sector; citizen with a keen interest in how digital tools and technology can benefit us all.

  • Tom Wardell

    Head of Partnerships for a SaaS platform

  • Andy Williams

    Chair ScotlandIS

  • Jessica Williamson

    Director of Industry Innovation Ltd, innovation consultant

  • Daniel Winterstein

    Tech entrepreneur

And another 10 people have signed anonymously.