Tiffany Margaret Hall


Tiffany Margaret Hall (born 24 April 1963) is a British engineer who has had a career in broadcast engineering and information technology.

Tiffany Margaret Hall
Born(1963-04-24)24 April 1963
NationalityBritish
Known forSoftware Engineer

Early life

The granddaughter of Margaret Anderson (indexer), Hall attended Walthamstow Hall and Durham University, gaining a BSc in Maths with Computing. [1]

Career

Tiffany Hall is Chief Information Officer of Cancer Research UK [2]

In October 2019 Hall was appointed Chair of Ada, the National College for Digital Skills [3]

Hall has been addressing UK digital skills with e-skills uk, as a STEM ambassador[4][5] and by working with department for digital, culture, media and sport on the Tech Talent Charter around diversity in UK tech.[6]

Hall worked at the BBC in IT and broadcast engineering roles including as CIO. [7] Her earlier career was spent in IT roles with Royal Dutch Shell.

From 2003 to 2006, Hall was also a Director of the Parliamentary Broadcasting Unit.

Awards

Hall was awarded CIO of the Year at the UK's 2019 Women in IT Awards[8][9] Hall was placed in the top ten of the 2019 UK CIO 100 Awards [10]

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References
  1. "Hall in Durham University's alumni Class notes".
  2. Macaulay, Thomas. "Cancer Research UK CIO Tiffany Hall describes her award-winning work". CIO UK.
  3. Skills, Ada National College for Digital (23 October 2019). "Ada Appoints Tiffany…". Ada, the National College for Digital Skills.
  4. "e-skills UK insights report" (PDF).
  5. "Hall commenting on apprenticeships in Computer Weekly".
  6. "Tech Partnership paper".
  7. "BBC - Press Office - BBC appoints Tiffany Hall as Chief Information Officer". www.bbc.co.uk.
  8. Today, Charity (13 February 2019). "Cancer Research UK CIO wins award".
  9. "The winners of the Women in IT Awards 2019 UK are revealed!". 31 January 2019.
  10. "Top CIOs in the UK in 2019 - CIO 100 | CIO UK". www.cio.co.uk.
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