Co-op Digital Blog

I’m really happy to say that Linda Humphries will be joining CoopDigital next week. Linda is an amazing advocate of collaboration and co-operation, notably in the world of open standards for the public sector.

She has spent the last 15 years working in a variety of roles for the Government, most recently leading the open standards team for GDS. You can read about this her recent blog post. She’ll join CoopDigital as Business Manager – she’ll be vital in making sure we keep doing the right things. Being from the North West I’m sure she’ll be happy with a much shorter commute then her current trip to Brussels.

A wise man said recently, that it’s not what people say when you arrive but when you leave that matters. Such was the scale of Linda’s achievements that she received the following commendations when announcing her departure:

“While the media celebrates one hot new application after another, standards are the unsung hero of the internet. Its key innovation was that it defined how applications communicate, not what they do.  This was the secret source (and secret sauce) by which it unleashed an entrepreneurial boom.

Standards are also a key part of the open government revolution. And in this regard, Linda Humphries is an unsung hero of Government standards. She has painstakingly brought Governments into the open, leaving the British system a far more transparent and equitable system.

While the UK Government Digital Service will miss her, I’m delighted that she will continue to put her prodigious talents to work for the people of the UK via the Cooperative Group, one of the oldest cooperative societies in the world, helping to bring its offerings into the 21st century.” Tim O’Reilly, CEO, O’Reilly Media

“…an inspiration to thousands of people in the US and around the world who care about making government work better.” Jen Pahlka, Founder and Executive Director, Code for America

​Welcome, Linda.

Mike Bracken
Chief Digital Officer
@MTBracken