About

Hello. I'm Ben, a digital leader in local government, working at Kingston and Sutton councils. This is my corner of the internet, where I post things about work and life.

Work

I’ve spent my non-linear career with teams building great products and services in the public sector.

I currently lead digital and technology for Kingston and Sutton councils. Before that, I worked at TPXimpact with clients at MHCLG and the MOJ, and spent a wonderful time creating the conditions for user-centred design and digital delivery at Essex, Buckinghamshire, FutureGov, the Home Office and a few others.

Life

I live in Buckinghamshire with my partner and our children.

I have distant memories of being a decent triathlete. I can still just about call myself a runner and a cyclist. I’m far more likely to be seen jogging around parkrun with my kids.

I’ve picked up a skateboard again, which has been a great way to meet some other middle aged folks who used to skate. It’s also fun to join in with my kids.

There are way too many dads trying to stay young and cool by skateboarding and listening to Kendrick Lamar.

Martin Robinson, The Standard, 2016

Find me on the internet

• LinkedIn
• Bluesky
• parkrun

This website

I enjoy playing with static site generators as much as posting content. This has been built with:

• Jekyll
• Using the Lanyon theme built by MDO
• Developed on GitHub and hosted for free on GitHub Pages
• Comments and reactions are via giscus powered by Github Discussions
• Analytics by fullres which doesn’t use cookies, cross site tracking or other persistent identifiers