Trish is a Research Software Engineer (RSE) and leads the Mobile Development Service (MDS) in Research IT. The service designs, builds and publishes numerous cross-platform mobile apps per year. MDS uses an Agile approach to software development working both for and with University researchers from all faculties. Trish has 20 years of industry experience both in academia and highly regulated public sector environments. She has BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, accreditation in Agile Requirements Engineering and Agile Business Analysis Practice and experience in mobile development, Java, .NET, C# technologies as well as multiple database systems.

Trish will be leading the development of the novel smart phone app that will be used track young people’s social media usage and conduct the EMA study.