About Innovate Oxfordshire
At Innovate Oxfordshire, we’re delivering innovation for local government.
Working with customers in the public sector, we're dedicated to delivering better services for residents across the country. To take the first bold steps to test, learn, implement, and evaluate to improve efficiency and experience. We are committed to never standing still, failing fast, taking measured risks, and looking to the future, continuously bringing technological innovations into local government to bridge the gap between innovation and business as usual.
We believe that innovation can and should deliver real change for communities, and we work with customers who share this belief and want the same.
Our team
Our core team of experts can flex to bring the right people to the table to properly understand your challenge and work with you to meet your objectives. Contact us for an informal chat.
Ruth Anderson, Future Mobility Technical Lead
Ruth is a technical lead with over 20 years of public and private sector experience in traffic engineering, signal design, data integration, and highway network management.
Lizzy Bohun, Lead Technologist EV Integration
Lizzie is our lead EV technologist. She focuses on finding strategic, innovative solutions for EV drivers. New business model and partnership development are just two of her specialist skills.
Stuart Cole, Policy and Innovation Research Officer
Stuart is a researcher and project manager with an economics and health research background. He's a published author with Natural England, focusing on human interaction with green and natural spaces.
Nimalan Chandranesan, Smart Infrastructure Lead
Nimalan is the smart infrastructure lead in the future mobility and placemaking team. He has built his career globally and has expertise in automotive supply chains, OEMs, and urban mobility.
Seema Dave, ZEV Projects Manager
Seema is a project manager with over a decade of experience developing and delivering sustainable development projects across energy, transport and the built environment.
Ralitsa Dragomirova, Innovation Researcher
Raltisa is an innovation researcher specialising in quantum technology. With a background in computational physics and AI tools development, Ralitsa has supported multiple innovation projects in different specialisms.
George Economides, Automated Transport Team Leader
Jenny Figueiredo, Lead Technologist EV Integration
Jenny is our EV charging project manager with five years of experience planning and delivering all aspects of the EV charging rollout and the essential behaviour change alongside it.
George Fourtinas, UAV Analyst
George specialises in integrating drones into transport, logistics, and urban infrastructure. His data and GIS specialist background means he can optimise UAV operations through data and spatial analysis.
Paul Gambrell, EV Integration Team Leader
Paul is the ZEV and energy integration lead. His specialist knowledge helps clients navigate all aspects of vehicle electrification, hydrogen, and other alternative fuels.
Paul Mullins, Behavioural and Data Science Lead
Paul is the data and behavioural science lead in the future mobility and placemaking team. He has extensive experience in transport and health data and specialises in demand-responsive transport solutions.
Zolboo Nyamjav, PhD Researcher
Alycya Oldman, Innovation Operations Lead
Alycya is operations lead and oversees the design and implementation of our processes and systems. She has experience in customer experience improvement, change, and performance.
Katie Parnell, Planning Policy Innovation Team Leader
Katie leads the placemaking team. She has a background in innovation in sustainable transport, behavioural change, and policy and brings a wealth of experience in local government.
Laura Peacock, Head of Innovation
Laura has a proven track record in facilitating high-impact, successful collaboration and enhancing innovation ecosystems across the UK and EU.
Jenni Shoesmith, Health and Care Innovation Officer
Jenni is a registered healthcare professional with 20 years of experience. She specialises in digital transformation within healthcare, particularly the psychology of change.
Graham Stanley, Project and Community Engagement Officer
Graham is the innovation delivery lead in the future mobility and placemaking team. He has extensive experience addressing transport challenges with innovative solutions.
Jason Taylor, Projects Co-ordinator
Jason leads our community engagement, data collection and technical support. He is passionate about empowering communities through the use of new technology.
Peter Taylor, ZEV Projects Manager
Peter is a ZEZ projects lead with 30 years of private sector experience in manufacturing, project management and logistics transformation.
DeeDee Wallace, Health and Care Team Leader
DeeDee's background is in adult social care commissioning and public health. Her experience and expert collaboration skills bring together the public and private sectors.
Stephanie Windle, Digital Health and Care Lead
Stephanie is a qualified improvement practitioner with 10 years of experience in the care sector. Her specialities are benefit analysis and return on investment.
Jiaqian Zhang, Innovation Planning and Project Manager
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