A multilingual systems engineer specialising in 'systemic solutions',   is an operations executive and an expert  in socio-technical systems and web intelligence, a pioneer, innovator and thought leader in her field. She works internationally as lecturer, curriculum developer  and  as senior strategic advisor for international research and policy initiatives, and publishes and speaks frequently at scientific and technical symposia. She  has been in Scotland since 2009 where she  funded ISTCS.org and organised the first Vocamp and the first TEDx (TEDx Edinburgh) in 2009.