TechUK Central Government Council: vote for Harry!

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TechUK is asking its members to vote for candidates to form its Central Government Council. The CGC represents the tech sector’s views on big issues to central government.  It sets the strategic direction of TechUK’s central government programme and ensures it reflects what’s important to members.

Our founder, Harry Metcalfe has been on the council since March 2018, and is one of this year’s candidates. He wants to carry on pushing forward on the things that matter to us and other like-minded digital SMEs who work with government to create better services.  To do that, he needs your vote.

Harry’s passionate about influencing how government works – it’s why he set up dxw ten years ago.  He’s also led the way when it comes to representing SME views. He kick-started the 2015 campaign which led to the formation of the Digital Outcomes and Specialists Framework, and worked with the Crown Commercial Service to keep improving how government procurement’s done with the Great British Digital Outcomes Armchair Audit of 2018.

We’d love Harry to get back on the CGC  but he needs your support. There’s more information about Harry’s views and background in public sector digital and cyber below.

Cast your vote now

Harry Metcalfe, Founder of dxw, CEO, Tradecraft

Profile

Harry founded dxw, a digital services supplier to public sector bodies, in 2008.

dxw works only with the public sector and has taken a leading role in the discussion and debate around how online public services should be procured, built, operated and integrated into organisations’ wider functions.

In 2015 a major campaign facilitated by dxw led to the withdrawal of the Digital Services Framework and the launch of its replacement, the Digital Outcomes and Specialists Framework.

dxw has built and continues to operate substantial platforms for government, such as the Blogs and Campaigns services as part of GOV.UK, as well as delivering research 20 and strategy work on projects such as the national teacher vacancies services at DfE and the portfolio assurance programme at GDS.

In September 2017, Harry formed dxw cyber (now Tradecraft), a security consultancy and testing company. Tradecraft helps people take a modern, agile approach to securing their services at a time when security couldn’t be more important.

Harry is also a non-executive member of the board of the Open Rights Group, an NGO which campaigns in support of digital civil liberties, privacy and copyright reform.

Candidate statement

Over the last ten years in my role leading dxw, I have gained significant experience in the technical, strategic, political and stakeholder contexts that surround technology delivery in central government. I believe that this experience would be a useful addition to the Council’s work. My priorities for the work of the council would be:

If you’re ready to go, you can cast your vote over here.