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Outstream benefits from a group of exceptional Associates delivering exceptional outcomes.  We have an unusual blend of permanently employed staff and experienced associates that work together to deliver services exceeding customer expectations.  Our Quality Assurance systems are rigorous and client feedback is a measure of our results.  

We bring together teams with a wide range of commercial, government, research and education backgrounds to develop innovative solutions for our customers.  Our Associates include people experienced in the leadership and management of schools, LAs and similar organisations and with expertise in ICT, capital programmes such a BSF, Academies and PCP, school improvement, teaching and learning, children's services and other LEA functions such as equalities, school review and education research. These educational backgrounds are complemented by Associates from commerce that bring skills and experience in fields such as business process engineering, procurement and project management.  A number of our Associates are celebrated for their achievements in their field of expertise.

Richard has a background of business management in international hi-tech industries, business school senior lecturer, teacher training and consultancy to government, local authorities and schools. He is a specialist in education transformation and learning services, and an experienced educator to Masters level. He has written, delivered and assessed HE courses from foundation to masters on Managing Business Processes, Operations Management, Total Quality Management, Environmental Management and EU Environmental Legislation. He has particular experience in education advising on the use of Investment Planning tools and sustainability for technology (ICT) in education. He has organized and led capital program visioning events for wide ranging stakeholders, introducing tools such as the Self Review Framework and ICT Design Quality Indicators as a precursor to developing outstanding and coherent visions. He is fully familiar with all the elements of capital program ICT Consultancy covering Education, Technical and Procurement.  

As a specialist consultant to Becta for Learning Services Richard advised Local Authorities across England on the procurement and implementation of Learning Platforms to transform teaching and learning. In his work as a trainer in one London Authority he trained over 1000 staff in their implementation and use, including developing the architecture of their use to introduce "paperless" communication between authority and schools.  He was recently contracted to York as Managing Consultant for their procurement of authority wide learning services for all schools at all phases.  

Richard is one of a small community of highly experienced Becta accredited lead assessors for the ICT Mark, having engaged with schools using the Self Review Framework as both consultant and assessor since its pilot and inception in 2005. He is involved in the training and accreditation of assessors nationally and has been contracted by the DCSF to work with challenged schools ("Keys to success schools") in London and to explore with their Senior Leadership how better deployment of technology in learning, teaching and school operations can deliver operational benefits and diminish burdens. As a teacher trainer and educator he is engaging and successful, with consistently high evaluation scores. Richard is the founder and director of Outstream Limited

Allison has a range of experience in organisational development within ICT and across the curriculum; at school as the ICT Coordinator, locally as the Senior ICT Adviser and, while Executive Director of the London Grid for Learning and Chair of the pan-London Learning through ICT (L2tICT) Teaching and Learning action group, at regional level.  She has just completed a contract to Becta, leading a team that successfully wrote e-safety guidance for FE & Skills and is currently engaged as an Online Reporting consultant.  She is completing a review of the national ICT CPD landscape as well as supporting networks of schools in developing their curriculum to maximise the potential benefits offered by technology in and beyond the classroom.  Allison has over thirty years experience in education, including more than twenty as a qualified teacher and she is GTC registered.  She was the London Regional Manager for Becta where she managed 33 London Local Authorities, the RBC and stakeholders, responsible for strategies to attain government targets, including contracts & commissions to timescale & within budget. Subsequently she worked for Tribal as the ICT Education managing consultant, leading on ICT vision and transformation.   As a Lead ICT Mark assessor and e-safety specialist, she is a keynote speaker and offers consultation support to schools and local authorities as well as assessment of schools.  A member of the board of management of Naace (www.naace.co.uk), Allison is familiar with the national challenges identified through Becta's Harnessing Technology - Next Generation Learning and she recently represented Naace on the Children, Schools and Families Standing Committee Curriculum review.   Allison is co-Director of Outstream Limited.

Christina advocates the application of ICT as a catalyst for change in teaching and learning.  She is the Founder and Chair of the international MirandaNet Fellowship established in 1992. Christina holds honorary Fellowships at the Institute of Education, University of London, Bath Spa University, Canterbury Christ Church University and the Czech Technical University, Prague. Professional memberships include the British Computer Society, the Society of Authors, the National Association of Advisers in Computers and Education (Naace) and Information Technology Teachers in Education (ITTE). She is also Chair of the World Ecitizens organisation and an adviser to the UnnayanNet organisation for unity in Bangladesh and is on the judging panel of BETT education awards. She keeps up with new trends being a referee for the journals Education Technology, Pedagogy and Education (Triangle), Computers and Education (Elsevier), Educational Action Research (MMU) and a new journal for teachers undergoing academic studies, Reflecting Education (IOE, London).   Christina is also managing director of MirandaNet Ltd, an international education and ICT consultancy service which includes practising teachers.

David is an experienced Education consultant with well-developed consultancy skills and the capacity to provide strategic education and consultancy support to local authorities, schools and bidders engaged in BSF and other capital build programmes.  Demonstrating broad understanding of the national educational context and drivers for change and has close involvement in a number of BSF projects including early stage, project initiation, business case development and procurement.   Experienced senior manager in school, local authorities and other organisations where he has had significant responsibility for education service delivery.  Worked at regional and national level in supporting educational transformation and engaged with external organisations, partners to add value to local authority BSF ambitions.

Debbie is a highly motivated skilled Programme and Change Manager with extensive experience of delivery in a wide range of industry sectors.  Successful track record of delivering infrastructure and software development programmes. Debbie has lead teams in end to end application developments and Service Delivery.  She has excellent negotiation and coaching skills, motivating teams to deliver.  She has strong communication and effective stakeholder management skills.  £multi-million projects and day to day management of multiple software development and implementation projects/work streams through all stages of formal project lifecycle to agreed timescales.  Effectively managing several projects concurrently, delivered through multi site delivery streams including management of technicians, software developers, technical and none technical staff.  Customer focused; ensures that requirements and stakeholder specifications are followed through.  Driven by best practice, passion and a desire to enjoy the work, ensures that in-house processes are followed and keeps communication channels open with both suppliers and customers.  Strong use of tools and techniques such as PRINCE2, Gantt charts, PERT, MS project, requirements management, business process mapping, mind maps, work flows, process flows, swimlanes, visio diagrams, MS PowerPoint and other MS Office software etc.

Diane has taught A-level Sociology for 30+ years and A-level Psychology for 8+ years. As Head of Department she was responsible for producing schemes of work and facilitating the delivery of the course. She has been involved in higher education guidance particularly Oxbridge and Russell Group Universities.  Diane has undertaken considerable education research including a study on the development of autonomy in pupils.

Douglas has had an extensive range of experiences during his 20 years in schools followed by 5 years as an ICT in Education consultant and trainer where he carried out training and consultancy in ICT and educational software. His expertise includes Primary, KS3 and Special Needs, and he has experience of content management in creating educational software for commercial companies, Project Management for BECTA, work on TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) models for schools and BSF consultancy work.

John is a multi disciplined professional specialising in Education ICT Consultancy, Project & Programme Management, Interim Management, ITIL Service Design & Delivery and e-safety and security. He has more than 23 years experience in the education sector at both a strategic and operational level.  Most recently he has been leading BSF for a number of authorities.

Malcolm has worked in local government as an Education Officer and Director of Education; at the Scottish Executive as a Professional Advisor and at Interactive University, where he delivered international education programmes at University Entry  (Foundation) level.  He now works as an Educational Consultant and manages E3Net, the Educational Expertise Exchange Network, where he is also a Director.

John is the Research and Implementation Director for the MirandaNet Academy. Working in association with the Centre for Educational Innovation & Technology, Bath Spa University, he has developed practice based research accreditation for teachers, which celebrates their ICT classroom projects. John has been in schools for more than thirty-five years. During the past fifteen years he has researched and evaluated the impact of new communications technologies on teaching and learning. With a background in Language, Communication Studies and Cognitive Psychology, his main focus has been a long-term Ph.D and post-doctoral research project on the impact of ICT on thinking, learning and working, published as 'Virtual Learning' (2001, Ashgate, Aldershot).  He also runs Virtual Learning, a consultancy specialising in research, evaluation and change management aspects of e-learning. John is Visiting Research Fellow at the School of Education and Professional Development, University of Huddersfield and works with the Centre for Educational Innovation & Technology, Bath Spa University, as a Field Consultant for School Improvement projects.

Mary is an experienced senior manager in the field of national charities and educational ICT across all phases, with in depth knowledge of: change management, leadership of change and introduction of effective systems, process and procedures;  strategic management;  motivation and management of regional and national volunteer networks;  fund raising;  legal and statutory requirements of both charitable and trading companies;  relationship management with commercial companies operating within the educational ICT marketplace; influencing policy and practice within a political environment;  CPD and workforce reform.

Pam is a positive, responsible and dynamic individual with over 20 years senior management experience in both schools and local government.  She is committed to raising achievement with extensive use of innovative developmental strategies and processes for all learners.   A successful career has been characterised by being proactive, reflective, analytical and tenacious.  She has detailed knowledge of key educational pedagogy legislation policies and initiatives with a comprehensive understanding of equality statutes and the implications for effective management and practice.  Responsible for leading and managing change in complex and varied contexts.

Terry has over thirty years experience of working with government, its agencies, local government & global FT100 companies and over 15 years experience of the management of major projects, service delivery, procurement exercises, relationship and stakeholder management at senior level.  Terry has delivered full life cycle projects, responsible for resource and budgets £5m+; delivering on time and within budget. He can build relationships between clients, multiple service providers and stakeholders at all levels, ensuring that business transformation requirements and aspirations are fully achieved. Terry has a proven track record of persuading and influencing at senior level, articulating complex strategic service, procurement and business issues; converting business vision into operational reality. He is an active participant in the current educational transformation programmes; BSF, Primary Capital Programme, Every Child Matters, Next Generation Learning, Parental Engagement, e-safety, Life Long Learning, the 14-19 & Diploma agendas. He is educated to Degree level BSc. (Statistics & ICT).

Upendra is a senior IT professional with a focus on providing Project Management and Strategic direction on applications and services and on IT procurement. His recent role within Essex County Council, one of the largest BSF programmes in the country, involved an 18-month procurement for a managed IT service. This covered an entire procurement lifecycle from PQQ to Financial Close in April 2010, involving a wide range of stakeholders and workstreams. Formerly Head of IT, with experience spanning both the private and public sectors, his other assignments have focused on senior consultancy roles with BECTA, Sefton MBC and  Coventry CC.  He has also project managed business-critical projects in Railtrack, National Car Parks and PowerGen, which deployed systems solutions over a nationwide infrastructure and outsourced IT services.

David is an AST ICT teacher and trainer with significant experience in school improvement.  He is the successful director of an online business.   Previously he has been seconded to a major public company, spearheading their national educational Internet project and organizing and delivering support and ICT training to hundreds of schools across 14 LAs. Working as part of a high profile national team he was responsible for project management, national and local public relations events, and presenting the project to a wide spectrum of audiences including the Education Secretary.  David is a highly regarded CPD leader.

Sue is a Business Management Consultant with a proven track record in the education, utility and finance sectors.  Experience in leading major programmes of change in large commercial businesses, and providing consultancy to national and local education and community organisations.  A strongly motivated professional challenged by ambitious targets and able to deliver business solutions in all markets to high standards.