Hi.
I am Alan Wright.
I have been building digital products since 2008.
Today, I am a London based product manager building responsible AI tools for decision makers and researchers. In my spare time, I am studying for a MSc in AI at the University of Bath, and am a proud cat dad of 3.
A brief history of work Alan
- 2008: Built my first website. Got it to #1 in Google. Boom!
- 2010: Built v1 of the Ramblers walking route creation tool.
- 2011: Became an agency digital pm, managing many a small web & ecommerce build.
- 2014: Launched iOS & Android games with Gameloft: both 4.5* and >5m downloads.
- 2015: Joined GDS, working on transforming government procurement.
- 2015: Also started writing this blog.
- 2016: Joined GOV.UK, the UK Government’s flagship website.
- 2018: Consulting for 3 years at HMPO, Land Registry, Help to Buy & Shared Ownership.
- 2021: Consulting for 1 year at BBC, on iPlayer metadata and digital group strategy.
- 2022: 6 months at Cazoo (the ship started sinking the moment I joined. Not my fault!).
- 2022: Jumped ship to AI climate-tech startup Climate Policy Radar as product lead.
- 2023: Launched GST1 in partnership with the UNFCCC.
- 2024: Google.org Generative AI Accelarator attendee. Built responsible AI prototype.
- 2026: Started a MSc in AI at the University of Bath.
I am a bit of a geek. Topics that fascinate me include but are not limited to artificial intelligence, product management, ways of working, personal productivity, digital tools, data science, UX, strategy, economics, politics, the housing market, video games & sci-fi. These are the types of things I write about in my blog.
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Collaborators
Some of the products/organisations I have had the pleasure of working on/with:
