Off the back of our recently launched State of Tech Report 2025, we'll be holding a panel discussion on Monday, January 27th where David Crawford, Renee Hawkins, Alex Butler and Luke Ashe-Browne will delve into some of the latest insights and look at how market shifts in the past months may impact the Tech landscape as we venture into 2025. Don't miss this opportunity to hear from some of the industry's leaders as we discuss emerging trends, key themes like AI implementation, the changing role of the CTO and more! 

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‍In the webinar, our panel will be discussing:

• How have IT budgets changed in 2024/2025 and does that affect the role of a CTO?
• Software engineering has been the most in-demand skill for the last two years, what would you say is the most important moving forward?
• Which area of AI are organisations prioritising in 2025?
• What is the biggest challenge you foresee for organisations in 2025?

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Our panel:

David Crawford - NED, NHS & Fractional CTO, Ingredifind

David is a C-level tech leader with a background in leading scaled Product Development teams for Naked Wines, Camelot, Sky and BT, David has also driven Inclusion and Diversity initiatives. As well as his technology passion, David is a committed family man, part-time bee keeper and enjoys the occasional Malbec. David has been our event compere since the very beginning and has been a panel favourite ever since.

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Renee Hawkins - Technology Leader & Transformation Expert, Akurve

A technology leader with strong commercial and business expertise with over 25 years of international technology consulting. Experience in organic organisational growth leading to IPO, as well as in scale-up organisations. Renee has passion for creating, influencing and driving strategies around talent management and business operations. Renee has the hands on experience of generating revenue and building strong long standing client relationships whilst ensuring technical excellence.

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Alex Butler - Transformation Director, United Response

A technology leader with strong commercial and business expertise with over 25 years of international technology consulting. Experience in organic organisational growth leading to IPO, as well as in scale-up organisations. Renee has passion for creating, influencing and driving strategies around talent management and business operations. Renee has the hands on experience of generating revenue and building strong long standing client relationships whilst ensuring technical excellence.

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Luke Ashe-Brown - Director of Technology Consulting, WeShape

With over 20 years of experience in software engineering, DevOps, and technology architecture, Luke specialises in high-performance architectures across various sectors including social gaming, media, fin-tech, prop tech, e-commerce, and web/mobile apps. Throughout his career, Luke has excelled in leadership roles, encompassing team and department leadership, hiring, mentoring, and business case design. He brings extensive expertise in cloud architecture, with a focus on AWS and GCP, along with proficiency in Docker containerisation and Kubernetes.

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• Date: Monday 27th January
• Time: 12:00pm-1:00pm
• Venue: Virtual (URL will be emailed upon registration)

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