Group CTO, Playnetic
Top UK CIO 100 2019 and 2020, UK Top 50 Most Influential Women in Tech 2020 and 2021, Women in IT Awards nominee and winner. Recognised for:
•Being customer obsessed, delivering business improvement with quick decisive actions for short term gain balanced within the context of the strategic enterprise framework she has developed.
•Instrumental in delivering transformation to large global organisations, creating new operating models for efficiency and speed, building data as a service organisation, leading cloud first migration and telco digital transformation strategy to name a few.
•Building contented and motivated teams with the ability and track record of increasing employee enablement and engagement through her collaborative and empowering approach.
•Public speaking and presentations to audiences over 500 and relaxed partnering and presenting to c-suite on technology trends, business cases and strategic imperatives.
•Having experience of leading multi-disciplined team of up to 1200 across global locations, she brings a deep understanding of how to manage cultural differences and is able to develop appropriate sourcing models to deliver optimum productivity, innovation and value.
•Being accomplished in acquiring the right suppliers and building partnerships that ensure quality at the right price, maximising and exceeding contractual obligations using risk/reward models.
•Her product mindset focussed on customer experience leading engineering teams with an agile mindset that is rightsized to complement business agility and optimum flow efficiency.
•Deep technical understanding and ability to describe complex solutions and problems to an executive team in terms of cost and value to the business.
•Comfortable working with executives and an acting board level digital advisor to companies, providing mentoring and leadership. Passionate about giving back and corporate responsibility she is part of a group of volunteers who provide pro-bono support to charities.
Georgina is respected as a technology leadership presenter, panel participant, producing podcasts and is often the subject of media interviews.
Discussion points:
1. Breaking Barriers: Overcoming Gender Bias in Tech Workplaces
2. The Role of Mentorship and Sponsorship in Advancing Women in Tech
3. Women Shaping the Future of AI
4. Bridging the Skills Gap: Empowering the Next Generation of Female Tech Leaders
Moderator:
Georgina Owens | Group CTO | Playnetic
Panelist:
Grace Tattersall | Partner, Technology and Digital Practice | Anderson Quigley
Tracey Jessup | Chief Transformation Officer | De Montfort University
Natalie Schofield | Head of CDIO Programmes for the West Yorkshire ICB