Frequently described as a "firehose of insights", Hazel has become known for her uncanny ability to solve impossible problems, create centres of continuous innovation, and to inspire those around her to show up as their authentically whole selves. Hazel weakly serves as the Central Product Owner and Enterprise Architect of the Guardrails platform for a leading European financial institution, where she is responsible for directing product strategy, delivery and architecture, and developing the next generation policy governance framework across the firm's global internal engineering platform.

Previously, she has held positions in Architectural and Platform Engineering leadership, and has sustained a track record of delivering successful and ambitious projects. Her unique approach to blending cutting edge research with pragmatic excution has resulted in industry wide impact, changing how observability, resilience engineering, and developer experience is perceived in the industry.

As a distinguished technology leader with expertise in sociotechnical systems and organisational transformation, Hazel has rapidly made a name for herself due to her ability to enact lasting change. Known for her holistic and empathetic approach to engineering leadership, Hazel excels in building high-performing, diverse teams and fostering cultures of technical excellence. Her leadership philosophy emphasises developer thriving, cross-functional collaboration, and data-driven decision-making. She believes, and demonstrates, that excellence and high performance does not require sacrificing what makes humans magical.

Excelling as a respected voice in the technology community, Hazel serves on the Board of Directors for the Haskell Foundation and holds the distinction of being the first Fellow of the Nivenly Foundation. Hazel's writing is read worldwide and she is an internationally sought after keynote speaker who has spoken at some of the most prominent conferences in the world, including UK's State of Open Con, QCon London, and Kubecon EU. Her mission is to help teach the world to build self-organising ecosystems that enable people to learn together and thrive.

Hazel's vision centres on transforming how humanity approaches knowledge work with a focus on understanding emergent behaviour. Systems that enable rapid innovation, maintain stringent compliance standards, and embrace the complexities of humanity, are natural outcomes of that understanding. As she guides the industry to push the boundaries of what's possible, she remains determined to continuously make the world better than she finds it.