Vanessa Pittard
Director - E-Strategy
BECTA
Vanessa is Director of e-Strategy at Becta, leading Becta's work in the areas of strategic co-ordination, evaluation and research, and innovation and futures. Originally appointed as Director of Evidence and Evaluation, Vanessa has led Becta's research and evaluation since 2004.
Prior to working at Becta Vanessa led the ICT Research and Evaluation team at DfES, developing and managing a programme of research to inform the development of technology policy and strategy.
Before 2002, Vanessa had a long career in the University sector, leading the Department of Communication Studies at Sheffield Hallam University before moving into government research.
