Ben Chalmers

The Geek Whisperer®

I am a no fluff, straightforward and to-the-heart-of-the-matter business woman who helps engineering leadership accelerate performance. On average, I improve engineering performance by 2-5x times and save a minimum of £1m/project I work on. Experienced CTOs say they wished they had met me 20 years ago, as they'd be even further along now. First time CTOs say I help them accelerate their strategic and leadership expertise and become more confident. I enable engineering leaders (CTOs, CIOs, CDOs, VP/Director/Head of Engineering) to: ✓ get clarity on what the role of the CTO is and align this with the C-Suite expectations ✓ create a tech strategy that makes sense ✓ accelerate engineering performance ✓ improve engineering delivery ✓ get resources for engineering/science team from the CFO/CEO/board ✓ make strategic decisions (instead of firefighting) ✓ keep up with the Burn Down Chart without burning out themselves or their teams ✓ transform difficult teams into high performing teams ✓ lead and influence across organisational boundaries/departments. Science and technology executives (CEO, CTO, CIO, CDO, CSO) buy my services because they want: ✓ improved performance and productivity from their science/tech senior manager/executive which leads to increased profitability of an average of £1m-£5m ✓ engineering performance improvement of 3x-6x  ✓ help to fix growing pains often caused by lack of experience, inter-team or inter-departmental conflict or leadership and communication skills that need improvement ✓ to enhance retention of highly valuable science or technical talent who don't understand the new (more business strategic/leadership) role they've been promoted into. I deliver: ✓ 1-2-1 practical advisory/mentor to C-Suite,  ✓ consultancy on critical projects ✓ small group sessions for staff ✓ in house Geek Whisperer function (ask me what that is!) Since 2011, I've worked with scientists and engineers at all levels, from CTO/CSO all the way to graduate engineer/scientist who work for: Arm, Fujitsu, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Astra Zeneca, Imagination, Deloitte, Cambridge University, Cranfield University and many more. Photo: ©Cambridge Independent LET'S CONNECT! To discuss a challenge: Mobile: +44(0)7932088821 adelina@geekwhisperer.co.uk To "meet for coffee" please read this first: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/adelinachalmers_networking-businessdevelopment-marketing-activity-6919208523318841345-D92w?utm_source=linkedin_share&utm_medium=android_app