“As an AI consultant and founder of Kingfisher Labs, I work with leaders in companies bringing cutting-edge technology to market. I’ve worked across academia, product development and consulting. I’ve built technology, managed people and projects that span large distributed teams, and can translate complex technical concepts for business audiences, or vice versa. With over two decades experience as an AI Scientist building voice and language AI models, and years of technical leadership, I bring expert knowledge and best practice to AI companies. Previous roles include AI Scientist and Manager at Cambridge University, Toshiba Research, Amazon Alexa, and Cobalt Speech.”

I am listed as one of Business Insider’s 100 coolest people in UK tech 2018, The Female Lead’s ‘20 in data 2017‘, named one of Silicon Republic’s data architects of the future in 2018, one of WeAreTheCity’s Inspirational Women, NESTA’s 12 women shaping AI, and appeared in Stylist magazine’s Visible Women series. Longer interview are online at TechCrunch, the Archives of IT or at Silicon Republic. In 2021, I was one of Computer Weekly’s 50 most Influential Women in UK Tech. I’ve shared my perspective on technology in outlets including TechCrunch, Sky News, the BBC, the Guardian, CNBC, the New Statesman and the i newspaper.

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I am keen to get more women and girls interested in STEM, and co-founded the Cambridge branch of the British Science Association and Robogals. At Amazon, I designed a workshop to get teenagers coding, based around the Alexa Skills Kit, and I also have talked in primary schools about AI.