Speaking
🎤 Speaking & Events
I love sharing stories and practical insights from my adventures in DevSecOps transformation and organisational change, all in service of one goal: protecting customer data.
My talks are accessible and people-focused—they’re not technical deep-dives, but instead highlight the social, cultural, and leadership skills needed to drive secure change in engineering organizations. Topics I regularly speak on include:
- Change Management & Influence
- Building and Leading Effective Teams
- Security Culture & Developer Engagement
- DevSecOps Roadmaps and Stakeholder Alignment
If you think your organisation or event could benefit from one of my sessions—let’s chat!
📅 Upcoming Events
No events currently scheduled—reach out if you’d like to book me for your next event!
🎥 Past Talks & Presentations
Here are some of the events I’ve spoken at, with links to either the recordings or presentation decks:
🗓️ April 2025 — BSides Exeter
🎙 Grand Social Engineering — DevSecOps and Influence 📍 Exeter, UK 📑 Download Slides (PPTX)
Covered Kotter’s 8 Steps for Change, stakeholder management, overcoming resistance, and crafting great internal comms. Big audience, big room—great energy.
🗓️ May 2024 — National Cyber Security Show
🎙 Tools Are Not the Answer — Leadership & Change in DevSecOps 📍 NEC Birmingham 📑 Download Slides (PPTX)
Spoke on influence, status games in tech, and adapting change models to DevSecOps. Even had a mic + clicker fail live—kept it fun!
🗓️ April 2024 — UK Cyber Week
🎙 Leadership and Change in DevSecOps 📍 London 📑 Download Slides (PPTX)
Shared the stage with legends like Kevin Fielder and Jake Moore. Spoke on cultural dynamics in security and organizational resistance.
🗓️ November 2023 — BSides Bristol
🎙 DevSecOps Leadership — Zero to Hero 📍 UWE Bristol 🎥 Watch the Talk
Introduced Kotter’s model for DevSecOps transformation and touched on intrapreneurship, Porter’s Five Forces, and leadership experiments.
🗓️ September 2023 — IDC DevOps Forum
🎙 DevSecOps Leadership — Zero to Hero 📍 St Albans 🎥 Watch the Talk
“User Keynote Speaker” at a brilliant 2-day conference at Sopwell House. Shared case studies and people development lessons from ClearBank.
🗓️ June 2022 — DDD SouthWest
🎙 Outnumbered 📍 Bristol 📑 Download Slides (PPTX)
Explored influence and leadership as someone working solo in AppSec teams. My first serious talk on social dynamics in tech.
🗓️ November 2019 — Bristech
🎙 Security Cultures & Cheap Talk 📍 Bristol 🎥 Watch the Talk
Discussed the importance of shared language in security, CVSS scoring, and fitting threat modelling into sprint cycles. Great shirt, great crowd.
🗓️ September 2019 — TechExeter
🎙 Developer Threat Modelling 📍 Exeter 🎥 Watch the Talk
My first big-stage conference talk—focused on AppSec at the Hydro and why security is a people challenge.
🗓️ May 2019 — CyberUK
🎙 Developer Threat Modelling 📍 Glasgow 📑 Download Slides (PPTX)
Delivered a 5-minute lightning talk while sleep-deprived from walking my 1-year-old around a hotel lobby all night. Still nailed it.
💬 Book Me
Whether you’re running a conference, internal offsite, or need an engaging talk on DevSecOps and culture—I’d love to hear from you. 📧 Drop me a message →