Apps and education

Julie has been working in the UofG Life App team in the University of Glasgow for over a year, focusing on Service Design and their Change and Adoption approach. With extensive experience in business strategy and delivery, service design, marketing and digital, Julie previously worked for NHS Scotland and Standard Life, leading major digital and service transformation programmes.

Sara Somerville is a Senior Systems Development Manager at the University of Glasgow. Sara has 20+ years experience implementing transformative digital projects. Currently responsible for the strategic implementation of customer experience technologies and enhancing digital services, including the University’s student app & portal. Passionate about understanding the needs of our Students & Staff to enable the delivery of impactful digital experiences. Also…agile fan-girl!!

Donna is responsible for leading the Collaboration Services team in introducing a wide range of strategic services and digital solutions across the University, using innovative collaborative and agile approaches. Donna’s team is tasked with ‘joining the dots’ to address gaps in both IT partnerships and provision. She has responsibility for the award-winning Strathclyde Mobile App Service and is the Institution’s leading expert, providing robust and considered expertise and advice to senior management, to actively build services that enhance delivery of wider digital strategies. Donna has worked in HE for over 14 years, is an Agile Prince2 Practitioner and holds an MA politics, MSc Information Technology, PG Academic Studies and is currently working on her MBA final project.

Natalie is a Business Analyst in the Collaboration Services team, working with projects and services across the University in areas such as timetabling, registration, assessment management and the Strathclyde Mobile App. She has a particular interest in stakeholder relationships and building sustainable partnerships. Natalie is an Agile Prince 2 Practitioner and has worked in higher education for eight years, after more than six years working in primary education.

Cherry Doyle has worked in various business change roles across private, public, and Higher Education sectors for the past 15 years. In her current role as Product Owner for MyUoB, the University of Birmingham’s student application, she sets user-informed visions, goals, and roadmaps for the platform, working with Ready Education to achieve valuable digital services for students.

Daniel Taylor has been with Ready Education, former Collabco, for over 2 years. In that time he has helped many Higher and Further Education institutions optimise the student experience, and drive student success in the process.

Robert Greer is the lead API service developer for the Strathclyde App, with over 15 years' experience as a full-stack Web developer at the University of Strathclyde