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Speaker bios in three lengths, headshots and booking details for Oliver (Ollie) Cronk, chief architect, founder of Cronk Advisory and co-host of Architect Tomorrow.

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  • Name: Oliver Cronk (Ollie)
  • Title: Founder and Chief Architect, Cronk Advisory
  • Based: Berkshire, UK. Speaks in person across the UK and Europe, and online.

Speaking topics

  • Enterprise and business architecture: the role of the chief architect, governance that enables innovation, ecosystem architecture
  • AI strategy and architecture: pragmatic enterprise AI, AI risks and "sleepwalking" into societal challenges, human-centred AI
  • Sustainable technology: measuring and reducing the environmental impact of digital services, DIST (Digital Impacts Schema and Taxonomy), greener AI
  • Open source and responsible technology

Bios

Short (about 40 words)

Oliver (Ollie) Cronk is an independent chief architect and founder of Cronk Advisory. He founded the Architect Tomorrow community and podcast, and works with the Green Web Foundation on DIST, an open standard for reporting the environmental impacts of digital services.

Medium (about 120 words)

Oliver (Ollie) Cronk is an independent chief architect and founder of Cronk Advisory, where he helps organisations with enterprise architecture strategy, AI adoption and sustainable technology. He works with the Green Web Foundation on DIST (Digital Impacts Schema and Taxonomy), an open standard to help organisations report the environmental impacts of their digital services. He was previously Technology Director at Scott Logic, leading its sustainable technology practice and AI architecture R&D. Before that he was Chief Architect at Tanium and at Deloitte UK Risk Advisory. Ollie founded and co-hosts Architect Tomorrow, a global community and podcast for architects shaping a better future, and is a UK co-lead of the Chief Architect Network. He is a BCS Chartered IT Professional (CITP).

Long (about 250 words)

Oliver (Ollie) Cronk is an independent chief architect and the founder of Cronk Advisory, which brings independent chief architecture thinking to organisations facing complex technology decisions. His work spans enterprise and business architecture, AI strategy and sustainable technology, with a particular focus on the long-term risks and the environmental and social impact of AI. He works with the Green Web Foundation on DIST (Digital Impacts Schema and Taxonomy), an open standard to help organisations report the environmental impacts of their digital services alongside their carbon data, and runs workshops to help shape it.

Ollie was previously Technology Director at Scott Logic, where he led the sustainable technology practice and enterprise AI architecture R&D, co-authored the open Technology Carbon Standard and co-hosted the Beyond the Hype podcast. Before that he was Chief Architect at Tanium, the cybersecurity and IT operations platform, and at Deloitte UK Risk Advisory. He began his career as a software engineer and technical lead on public sector programmes in energy and the environment at AEA Technology.

In 2019 Ollie founded Architect Tomorrow, a global community, podcast and newsletter for architects who want to shape a brighter future. He is a founding member and UK co-lead of the Chief Architect Network, a member of the BCS Enterprise Architecture Specialist Group, a Green Software Foundation Champion and a BCS Chartered IT Professional (CITP). Outside work he is a keen cyclist, having ridden Land's End to John o' Groats twice, and an amateur photographer.

Headshot

Oliver (Ollie) Cronk smiling, wearing a light blue shirt and a speaker lanyard at a conference
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