Joel Allred linkedin.com/in/joel-allred
Katie Alpin linkedin.com/in/katiealpin
■ Career history: Engineering Manager, Anaplan, UK Engineering Manager, Diffblue, UK Formal Methods Engineer, Systerel, France Research Assistant, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
■ Career history: Head of Strategic Insight, Which?, UK Interim Chief Executive, Money and Mental Health Policy Institute, UK Head of Research and Policy, Money and Mental Health Policy Institute, UK Economist, Social Market Foundation, UK ■ Education highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK MSc, International Political Economy, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK BA (Hons), Philosophy, Politics and Economics, University of Oxford, UK
■ Education highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK
PhD, Computer Science, University of Fribourg, Switzerland Diploma of Advanced Studies, Higher-level Education, University of Fribourg, Switzerland MSc, Computer Science, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
■ Nationality:
New Zealander Swiss
■ Nationality: British
■ Languages:
■ Languages:
French (native) English (native) German (intermediate)
English (native) French (intermediate)
■ Career achievements: Twice winner of the Sheila McKechnie Foundation’s ‘Consumer Campaign of the Year’ award, for securing a government policy change to protect those suffering a mental health crisis from being pursued for debt collection, and for securing legislative changes to stop threatening letters being sent to those in problem debt. Established an accreditation programme, helping major financial services firms including Lloyds Banking Group to improve the service offered to customers experiencing mental health problems. Provided a new revenue stream for the charity, reducing reliance on grants. Built a multi-stakeholder partnership including NHS services, prestigious academics, and local debt advice charities, to trial embedding debt advice in NHS talking therapy services. Secured over £200,000 of grant funding.
■ Career achievements: Led the development of the core of an AI engine for unit test generation at Diffblue, a University of Oxford spin-out that raised US$32 million in venture financing. Developed a scrum method called PowerPlay that increased feature delivery predictability by focusing on implementing full-stack vertical slices. Worked at the Foundations of Dependability and Security research group at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. As part of PhD studies, developed the most efficient direct complementation algorithm for Büchi automata. Co-founded the Innovation Club Fribourg, to promote innovation by connecting students and scientists from the University of Fribourg, engineers from the HEIA-FR, researchers from the Adolph Merkle Institute, and business actors in Switzerland.
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