Meet the team

Kevin is an HR technology industry expert with two decades of experience working for a mix of technology firms such as SAP, Sage, and IBM, as well as several of their professional services partners. As founder of Centigy, Kevin provides advisory services on HR digital transformation, with key strengths in HR Tech vendor selection and AI governance. He is host of 'Investigating the Invisible' podcast, an Expert Advisor Board Member for 'We and AI' and 'London Tech Advocates' and is a regular speaker on the topics of AI and HR Technology for organisations such as 'BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT'. Furthermore, Kevin is actively involved with academic institutions such as Oxford Brooks University and Brunel University London, where is is a guest lecturer for the MSc in Artificial Intelligence.

 Dr. Smith is an expert in artificial intelligence, particularly evolutionary algorithms, knowledge representation and machine learning. Over his 30-year career he has helped to create (among other things) software systems that describe immune system behaviour, learn innovative fighter jet manoeuvres, reveal emotion in financial markets, and suggest how social networks propagate political polarisation. Clients have included the Bank of England, NASA, Boeing, the European Union, British Aerospace, Airbus and British Telecom. He is a Senior Research Fellow of Computer Science at University College London. He has published a large body of academic work, articles in the popular press, and the acclaimed book Rage Inside the Machine, which was shortlisted for UK business book of the year 2020. Furthermore, he is a founding member of the Royal Institution's Challenging Pseudoscience group which is focused on preventing scientific misinformation online.