COVENTRY UNIVERSITY
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F rom 11 years of military service to leading the rebuild of Iraq ’ s post-war banking network to serving oil and gas and mining industries across Africa , Simon Launder may not have foreseen a decade ago that he would be spearheading a digital transformation at Coventry University .
Enjoying a hugely diverse career to date , Launder is living proof that technology crosses industry boundaries like no other specialist field , and when the opportunity to move into higher education presented itself in 2016 , he had a big decision to make .
“ The aspirations of Coventry University and the desire for innovation and excellence in everything it does to launch it up the league tables really sold it to me ,” the Deputy Chief Digital Information Officer recalls . “ Coventry showed me it was going places and that they are not afraid to take risks – we talk about the “ Coventry Way ”, which to me is all about the agile and dynamic environment in which we operate . We seek opportunities across all operating environments and , in some instances , act like a start-up by pushing boundaries to positively disrupt ourselves as well as our industry .”
AUGUST 2018
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