Mentors – Hackcessible

Mentors for 2021

All
Assistive Technology
Electronics
Software
Mechanical Prototyping
Health & Social Care
Innovation

Chloe Agg

Senior Teaching Fellow, University of Warwick

Chloe lecturers in design and has a background in industry as a mechanical engineer designing both medical devices and the factories they are made in. Her expertise lies in design methodologies, creative ideation, the development of specifications aligned with testing standards, validation and verification, sustainability and inclusion.

Mark Benjamin

Founder, enabl3d.me

Mark has spent 15+ years designing, developing and bringing new software solutions to market in startups/scaleups. He has expertise in identifying user needs and ensuring products meet them through a process of rapid prototyping and iterative testing.

In his spare time he started enabl3d.me with the mission to make bespoke, personalised ability aids readily accessible to everybody in the world.

Kamal Birdi

Senior Lecturer in Occupational Psychology, Institute of Work Psychology, Sheffield University Management School

Kamal is a Chartered Occupational Psychologist. He has been researching learning and creativity in organisations for over 25 years and thousands of people have now been trained in using his CLEAR IDEAS innovation development method.

Sarah Boyd

Senior Engineer, Apple

Sarah is a product designer and engineer who has worked at the likes of IDEO. She has a strong interest in the use of makerspaces as a vehicle for developing tech for good as well as educating people on sustainable product design.

Peter Chapman

Lecturer, Newcastle University

Practical mechanical design engineer with expertise in 3D CAD

Contact our mentors

If you have a specific query or you just need someone to give some feedback on the project, let us know here and we’ll put you in touch with an appropriate mentor from the list above. If you want to ask a specific person, you can let us know below.