Speakers

Mivy James has been MoD CTO for 15months and has been an IT professional for nearly 30 years. Mivy helps UK government departments with their digital transformation journeys, focussing on enterprise architecture and technology strategy, and has a particular focus on high trust sectors of government. Mivy started her career as an analyst/programmer after completing a degree in Computer Science and Maths and soon moved into technical leadership and system design. Mivy has worked for a range of clients across UK government on everything from cutting edge technology research to the strategic design of multi-billion-pound programmes. She was Digital Transformation Director for BAE Systems Digital Intelligence. Mivy is enthusiastic about technology and particularly keen to encourage women to follow careers in the IT profession, she is the founder of Digital Intelligence’s gender balance network and fellow of the British Computer Society.