Alex Holmes

Alex Holmes is Deputy Director and Chief of Staff in the Office of the Chief Technology Officer within the Government Digital Service.

Let’s talk about IT services to meet user needs not procurement models

Alex Holmes, 17 March 2015 - Technology Transformation

...like those through the Digital Marketplace. Capability A lot of comments rightly pointed out that capability is key to making IT services work - I couldn’t agree more. As we’ve...

Knocking down the Towers of SIAM

Alex Holmes, 18 February 2015 - Technology Transformation

Alex Holmes, Deputy Director and Chief of Staff in the Office of the CTO, tells us why government has moved away from the “Tower Model” for running IT services.

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