Rich Kenny
NORTH
Rich is the IT Director at Techbuyer where he manages the Digital, QA and IT functions alongside technical, research and Innovation projects in partnership with Innovate UK, University of East London and London South Bank University. Techbuyer’s research and development focus is hardware energy efficiency and the environmental and economic impacts of ICT hardware during creation, use and disposal. A UEA Graduate in International Development, specialising in Economics, Rich got started in project management in London in Enterprise Reform and Technical Assistance working with organisations such as DfID and the WorldBank in Nigeria and Tajikistan. For the last 10 years he has specialised in technical project management in software development, IT security and data protection. He is passionate about community and social wellbeing and is a Trustee of Claro Mental Health in Harrogate which enables people with long term mental health conditions to function in a voluntary real work environment.