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Mat Wall, Technical Architect, Government Digital Service

Mat Wall

Biography: Mat Wall

Mat Wall is a technical architect who can still actually make things and now works for the Cabinet Office, a rare thing indeed. Mat works on elements of the GOV.UK website, as well as working within departments on transactional services.

Twitter: @matwall

Presentation: Green shoots in the brownest field: Being a startup in Government

Track: Architectures of the Small & Beautiful / Time: Friday 13:20 - 14:10 / Location: Fleming Room

The UK Government is the largest single organisation in the UK, and has a complex software legacy. The Government Digital Service (GDS) is a new department within the Government, and is trying to transform the way that digital services are delivered. We put users first and use lightweight agile techniques. In this talk Mat will describe some of the tools & techniques that are used within GDS to try and make the government behave less like an enterprise & more like a startup.