Jonathan Barcroft leads the Common Framework Workstream of the Virtual Energy System programme at National Energy System Operator (NESO). Jonathan joined National Grid in 2012. His background is in operational Power System Engineering and improving energy data processes. In 2015 Jonathan developed the export process for the first Common Information Model based day ahead model exchange from National Grid to CORESO. Since 2021 Jonathan has been part of the Innovation team at National Grid ESO leading projects investigating the risks of climate change to the power system and optimisation of operational planning.
Results-driven accomplished leader with over 22 years of experience in starting businesses and scaling them. Serial entrepreneur with product development background, advising Fortune 500 companies and startups on AI, digital, commercial and product strategy. Track record of international expansion and helping businesses with market and customer analysis. Proven track record in driving revenue growth, improving profitability, and leading cross-functional teams to achieve strategic goals. Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills with a passion for delivering AI, digital and technology product and solutions. Expert in defining business vision and adept at board collaboration, consistently achieving commercial goals.
Leo is the CEO and founder of award-winning safety technology company Tended. He has been the driving force behind Tended’s transformative solutions for safety-critical industries, including the company’s advanced geofencing solution. Developed alongside Network Rail, this solution can prevent accidents and near misses in the industry by giving better visibility over worksites and helping people regain situational awareness when they leave safe working limits.
In 2021, Leo was named one of Forbes 30 Under 30. He was also named Midlands Startup Entrepreneur of the Year at the 2019 Great British Entrepreneur Awards.
Miranda Sharp, founder of Metis Digital, connects data and organisations to value, working with teams who are using data to realise efficiency and growth through new business models.
Miranda is seconded to DSIT working on the value of data policy, acts as a NED at TRL (the Transport Research Laboratory) and a trustee to the Centre for Cities think tank. She maintains a number of other advisory roles focused on financially sustainable and well governed ways of sharing data. Previously at the National Digital Twin programme, Ordnance Survey, Royal Mail and the award-winning SME See.Sense, she has worked with data as infrastructure for nearly 20 years.
Steve Brewer is a Senior Research Fellow at the Lincoln Institute for Agri-Food Technology (LIAT) at the University of Lincoln. Current projects include the EU-funded SPADE project harnessing the power of drones for agriculture and the £4.9M EPSRC Lincolnshire and North Cambridgeshire (LINCAM) region, a global innovation centre for agricultural technology (agri-tech). Recent projects that Steve has been involved in include the UKRI- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)-funded Internet of Food Things Network Plus, an interdisciplinary initiative which is working to reduce food waste, increase nutritional value and productivity, and reduce environmental impact across the supply chain.
To build on a successful track record in academia, Steve established Infoculture Ltd which has a track record of delivering insightful reports and events supporting information-driven digital transformation for a range of clients.
