Naomi Timperley has very recently started a new role as Head of Growth Programmes at rradar, and her name is known across the North’s tech sector, given her position at a wide range of advocacy and digital groups including FutureEverything and Tech North Advocates.
She co-founded Tech North Advocates, which she describes as “a private sector-led advocacy that champions tech in the North – but it’s part of something that’s global. There’s about 12,000 people globally who champion tech in their area. It provides the advocates with a huge enormous network of people who are genuinely supportive.”
Naomi is almost omnipresent at a range of tech and creative events around the region – being invited along to a range of networking events, mentoring on a pro bono basis, and working with fresh startups on the ideation stage. Last year, she spoke at the first-ever Creative North conference in Manchester, and is a member of the Digital City Festival steering panel. And in 2019, she was named at number 25 in Computer Weekly’s Top 50 Most Influential Women in Tech.
Naomi tells me, “I think it’s really important to give back and support people in the industry.”
