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Our team of both academic and practice-based experts bring a variety of organisational, technological and innovation competences to the project.

Many members of the team are specialists in the professions, especially accounting and law. We are also working with professional bodies such as the Law Society and ACCA, to assist in designing what we do and reaching the wider professional communities.

Martin spring

Martin Spring

Professor of Operations Management (LUMS)

James faulconbridge

James Faulconbridge

Professor of Transnational Management (LUMS)

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Katy mason

Katy Mason

PVC and Dean of Salford Business School

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Derek Southall

Derek Southall

Found and CEO (Hyperscale Group Ltd)

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Dr Cara Molyneux

Senior Research Associate

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Dr Tzameret Rubin

Associate Professor in Digital Innovation

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Tim vorley

Professor Tim Vorley

Pro-Vice Chancellor and Dean

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Dr Francisco Trincado-Munoz

Lecturer in Business Analytics

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Hilary Smyth-Allen

Senior Research Fellow

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Hannah Tornow

Postdoc Researcher

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An overview of TiPS

Key organisations working with TiPS include

Advisory board

TiPS is guided by an Advisory Board, whose members are:

  • Alistair Brisbourne, Head of Technology Research, ACCA
  • Tara Chittenden, Foresight Manager, The Law Society
  • Kevin Hart, CEO and Executive Chairperson, BASDA (Business Application Software Developers’ Association)
  • Caroline Hobden, Portfolio Director, Accountex
  • Paul Nightingale, Professor of Strategy, University of Sussex /SPRU

TiPS builds on previous project ‘Innovation Next Generation Services through Collaborative Design’

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TiPS is part of the Next Generation Professional and Financial Services programme, run by Innovate UK and the ESRC.

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TiPS is independent of any technology vendor, consultancy provider, or other commercial interest. It is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Grant number ES/X014428/1.

Informed by research and expertise

TiPS is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Grant number ES/X014428/1