I'm the Head of Data Engineering at the Department for Education (DfE), where we deliver digital and data products that support young people to realise their potential through learning and supporting vulnerable children in care.   I've worked in numerous data roles across Government for the past 25 years (MI/BI delivery, Technical Business Analysis, Project management, technical development and delivery of services ranging from large digital services to complex data pipelines). I'm passionate about how the power of data can really make a difference to the services we deliver to citizens. I was lucky to work with the Cabinet Office on building the Government DDAT (Digital, Data and Technology) data capability framework that really recognises and support the skills we need to deliver quality services.   I'm really proud of the work I achieved at Department for Work and Pensions, where I was the Head of Profession for Data Engineering and Data Management. Working with some really great data teams to deliver critical services that make a difference to people’s lives:  working in collaboration with BEIS and the Energy companies to identify people in fuel poverty, supporting the Home Office by identifying people who had the right to remain from Windrush when the records had been destroyed, collaborating with the NHS around free dental, eye care and prescriptions, working with the Cabinet Office to verify eligibility of people to vote on line during all local, European and General elections to name but a few services.  Within DfE, I've been building capability from scratch since 2020 to deliver a really ambitious data transformation programme. From a very low level of data capability I've built up a strong team of around 80 working across delivery, business analysis, user centred design, software and data engineering, test engineering and cloud Infrastructure engineering. We are delivering some really cutting-edge services that radically transform how data is used within the Department, schools, children’s social care and Local authorities. We’ve been fortunate to win several Industry awards for our delivery too, including the European Software Testing award for most innovative project, the British Data Award for data transformation project of the year and a civil service award for data project of the year.