Andy Bennett
Andy is a highly skilled technologist, business leader, entrepreneur and problem solver with almost 20 years experience working in technology. He has worked in a wide variety of industries including government, finance, higher education and consumer electronics.
He has a passion for new technologies and has often been at the forefront of pioneering research, development and new product launches, offering both strategic oversight and hands-on development.
His career
Andy co-founded Register Dynamics in 2016 with a vision to help organisations make better use of their data. He wanted to bridge the gap between strategic aims in business (in how they use their data), and the operational (day-to-day) challenges that an organisation faces.
For the last decade he has been building companies around distributed database technology and is considered an industry expert in databases and data-intensive systems.
His extensive career has spanned across companies both large and small, and he has held roles from software engineer to VP Engineering to CTO. His wealth of experience working in startups, government and in large organisations, gives him an excellent understanding of what it takes to make both small and larger organisations successful.
Andy regularly speaks on topics including online ethics, designing APIs for data, and open registers, and is open to further speaking opportunities.
Andy is an Awards Committee Chair for OpenUK, an Events organiser for The British Computer Society: Open Source Specialist Group and a former HESA Data Futures Programme Board member.
Andy’s impact in government
Andy’s work in government has seen him as a founding member of the Data Standards Authority (at the Government Digital Service, Cabinet Office).
He contributed to the Open Data Strategy as part of the GOV.UK Open Registers Programme and also pioneered the Personal Data Exchange Programme that played a key part of the Government Transformation Strategy for transforming online services for citizens.
Andy contributed to the Technology Code of Practice, establishing the final version of section 10: Make Better Use of Data.
He is a trusted expert in his field and has more than 7 years experience working closely with a variety of UK government departments.
What is Andy like to work with?
Andy is a practical problem solver with a no nonsense approach. He understands the nuances in business and takes the time to fully understand the environment he's working in, in order to tailor his technical expertise and expert advice to the specific situation.
He believes in integrating seamlessly with the team and operational environment he is supporting and in bridging any gaps that he may see, no matter how big, small, simple or complex.
Andy builds trust and confidence with his clients and is comfortable liaising with people at all levels of the organisation, from developers on the ground through to C-suite executives.
Andy’s publications
Putting the trust in data trusts
In order to be able to offer compelling advantages, the control and enforcement powers that data trusts have needs to be high enough that misusing the data in trust is prohibitively difficult. By examining case studies in audit technology, we aim to show that cost-effective strong auditing is possible. Read the full report.
