Danny Smith

Consultant

Armakuni

Pole Star EAM

Chief Operations Officer

Oyster®

Consultant - Remote Workplace Design & People Ops

Delocate (acquired by Oyster)

Principal Consultant

RED Academy

VP Technology

Global Curriculum Director, Technology

Lead Instructor

Ada. National College for Digital Skills

Curriculum Designer & Lecturer

CharlieHR

Senior Software Engineer

Sparta Global

I wore *a lot* of hats as we grew from a 3-employee startup to 80+ folks

All Sorts

Royal Air Force Air Cadets

Adjutant, Central Training Team, HQ RAFAC

COO & Consultant | Creating high-performance remote organisations 👨‍💻🌍

I work with leaders to intentionally design remote organisations & ways of working, laying the foundations for rapid scaling, long-term organisational health, and a globally distributed workforce.

I spent 2021 at Oyster, scaling their fully-remote (globally distributed) company from 14 to 500 people (and a $1bn valuation). Which was absolutely wild.

I work mostly at the intersection of system design, human behaviour, remote work & operations. I'm convinced that knowledge work has no borders and the "remote work revolution" has the power to make the world a fairer and more equal place for everyone. Globally distributed companies are the future.  And the remote workplace should be diverse, safe & supportive for all.

I talk about "Organisational Health" a lot because healthy orgs feel calm when ploughing through unknown waters at 1000mph and can operate on the edge of chaos without being chaotic: much better for our people, and our business. Since systemic health problems have a disproportionately large effect on distributed remote teams (and quickly compound with scale), I'm on a mission to help folks be more intentional about how they design & transform remote-first orgs.

➡️ Read more on this → https://danny.is/writing/organisational-health

I love meeting new folks, so hit me up if you wanna chat 🙂☎️

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Wanna learn about remote best practices? 👇

· Oyster Reef → https://oysterhr.notion.site/Welcome-to-The-Reef-Oyster-s-Open-Source-Employee-Guide-fc482e3f107c4afd8c85ed217f1d0c1d
· Some tiny remote working tips → https://danny.is/remote

If you've read this far you *might* be interested to know...

· I've a sporadic sideline in personal coaching and team facilitation.
· I used to be a software engineer, but realised I have a much bigger impact when I help others do their thing better. And now that's my thing. (I still code, but just for fun.)
· Before that I was a blues musician. I still perform and jam lots: music has this weird ability to transcend language and cultural barriers.
· I'm a generalist. Obviously. Sorry not sorry.


In the past, my desire to "make work better for everyone" saw me doing:

· Education → curriculum design, learning design, teaching etc.
· Engineering process → DevOps, architecture etc
· Agile coaching & delivery process (SAFe still gives me nightmares).
· Design systems before they were hip.

St George's Weybridge

Director of IT

GLF Schools

Strategic lead for IT & Data, working at the executive level to transform the use of systems and processes across the Trust.

Responsible for the delivery of service to 42 schools.

Service centric leader of technical services including infrastructure, cyber security, service desk and field engineering.

Project sponsor of large procurement activities including specification design, PCR 2015 compliant procurement, project implementation and stakeholder engagement.

Chief Information & Digital Officer

Head Of Service Delivery

Unity Schools Trust

Head of IT & Network Services

IT Delivery Manager

Excalibur Communications

Ntegra

Babcock 4S

My role at Babcock 4S is a varied role, providing a range of services to over 400 clients across Surrey. These services include day to day technical support, specialist application support, network fault diagnosis as well as the planning and implementation of new network related projects including desktop hardware replacement and server replacements and migrations.

More recently I have played a key role in the planning and delivery of service improvement plans working with key stakeholders to deliver cost effective IT solutions on time and on budget.

I am required to deliver a high level of service at all times whilst ensuring we meet contracted service level agreements.

IT Network Engineer

Magna Carta School

As a Senior IT Engineer at The Magna Carta School, I am responsible for implementing, maintaining and supporting all of the organisations web based systems in a mixture of both Windows and Linux environments. My latest project includes the design, installation and implementation of a SharePoint 2010 environment for collaboration across the organisation.

Senior IT Engineer

Passionate about IT Service Delivery and meeting the needs of the organisation. Leading a dedicated team of IT professionals who go above and beyond to ensure IT supports the outcomes of learners.
I also volunteer with the Royal Air Force Air Cadets. Currently fulfilling the role of a Sector Commander in Middlesex Wing as well as being a Special Projects Officer for London and South East Region and also Communications Manager for the Volunteer Software Development Team.

Ben Wakefield

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