Chris Howard

I’ve over 10 years’ experience consulting for a broad spectrum of organisations in devising and delivering their digital transformation programmes. I’m currently leading Open Source activities and furthering EPAM’s Open Source consulting competency to support clients with their initiatives and roadmaps.

I’ve a strong passion for FinTech and the ever-changing payments landscape as well as the power of collaborative tools and frameworks both internally and across industry. He is an advocate of design thinking, product management and agile ways of working.

Chris has spoken on a range of topics throughout his career, contributing at conferences including London Tech Week, Umbraco Festival and Tech London Advocates. He spends most of his time between the UK and Spain with his partner and is currently completing an MBA as well as leading a non-profit organisation that promotes diversity in technology. He is Chair of Governors for one of the UK’s only Apple Distinguished Schools; leading on governance for 1600 primary school children
in London.