Andrea has worked in cyber for over 20 years across a number of roles. She was as an academic at the University of Bradford, where she designed and developed one of the first MSc Cyber Security degrees in the UK. She has worked as a cyber consultant for a number of organisations within the public and private sector and has been a cyber SME for KPMG.  Most recently she is a Co-founder of CAPSLOCK, an award-winning cyber security bootcamp. CAPSLOCK was founded in 2019, and started by raising investment of approximately £1m to support its launch in 2021. With a focus on removing barriers to career changing education, so far CAPSLOCK has reskilled over 700 learners from incredibly diverse backgrounds. CAPSLOCK has won multiple awards, including recognition for its reskill initiative with BT. Andrea sits on a number of advisory boards and was recently awarded full membership to the Chartered Institute of Information Security. She is passionate about supporting female founders and helping the cyber industry become a more diverse place to learn and work.