Barney Brown (UK)
Head of Digital Communications and Deputy Director at the University of Cambridge
Has led the University's digital communications since 2008, and created its modern digital strategy
Based in Cambridge, England
Meet Barney at:
Cambridge Summit 26
Presentation: TBD
Date: Tuesday, October 27
About Barney Brown
Barney is Head of Digital Communications and Deputy Director at the University of Cambridge, where he has led digital communications since 2008. His remit is the online presence of one of the world's best-known universities. That estate runs to thousands of websites, managed by many independent parts of the institution.
Much of his work is about bringing coherence to that complexity. He led the creation of a modern digital strategy for the University, and he speaks candidly about getting things done inside a medieval institution. More recently his team audited cookie usage across the University's top websites.
Before Cambridge, Barney was Webmaster at the Forestry Commission, where he managed the England sections of its website. Earlier he was Web Development Officer at the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority. Outside work he is the founder of the Intercontinental Music Lab, a collaborative music project that has released seven albums since 2008.
About University of Cambridge
Founded in 1209, the University of Cambridge is one of the world's oldest universities and a leading centre of research and teaching. It is a collegiate university made up of 31 autonomous colleges and more than 150 departments, faculties and institutions, organised into six schools.
The University has more than 20,000 students from around the world, and its community counts more than 120 Nobel Prize winners. Its devolved structure gives colleges and departments a high degree of independence in how they operate.