Meet the Team
Decades of experience in one team
The digdat team have years of industry knowledge and expertise; one member has 30 years of experience with digdat alone. Find out more about them below.
Tim O'Brien
Tim O'Brien
Tim started working for the Anglian Water Group as a Graduate Management Trainee in 1993, since which he has held multiple management roles within the business including Business Manager for Anglian Water Direct, Head of Strategy and Development for Geodesys and Strategy and Development Director of TIDE Services.
In January 2021 Tim took on the role of TIDE Services Managing Director where he is responsible for the growth and development of digdat, as well as other brands in the business.
In his free time, Tim enjoys spending time outdoors and whenever possible heads for the hills to ski, bike or climb.
Steve Wrightam
Steve Wrightam
Steve joined digdat in 2022 and heads up the team, driving the commercial strategy.
Previously, Steve worked as a Commercial Director at a technology company which specialised in data integrations, telephone payments and lone worker systems.
Outside of work, Steve enjoys time with his wife and two daughters, helps at the local athletics club as team manager and coach, and is unofficial photographer for Market Bosworth RFC
Sandie Gathergood
Sandie Gathergood
Sandie started with Anglian Water Group back in 2006 within Strategic Asset Management as a Development Analyst. She moved over to digdat in 2010 as Product Development Manager to enhance product offerings introducing the digdat Utilities chargeable self-service solution.
In 2016 Sandie took on the role of Application Support Manager, to provide first and second line support, improve data quality and the maintenance of national and asset data sets for all contracts, websites, systems and services.
Sandie has a zest for overseas travel, taking every opportunity available to immerse herself in everything that a country has to offer, embracing their culture, customs and not forgetting the cuisine!
Lauren Gibson
Lauren Gibson
Lauren joined digdat in February 2023 as Product Owner, having previously worked as a marketing manager at a health tech company specialising in nutrition software for the academic research sector and healthcare markets.
Outside of work, Lauren spends time at her allotment, brunching with friends and watching the F1.
Christabel Keshinro
Christabel Keshinro
Christabel joined digdat in 2022, bringing with her six years of experience supporting the delivery of digital and non-digital working solutions in private, health and public sectors.
Christabel is a mother and mentor/coach who loves travelling, meeting new people and meditating.
Stephen McNamara
Stephen McNamara
Stephen joined digdat in March 2022 as Sales Account and Business Development Manager. Starting his career following a qualification in engineering, Stephen has gained commercial sales experience in the leisure property, system automation, storage networking, M2M, IoT and mobile data sectors and brings this experience to build and widen the digdat customer community.
With three now nearly fully grown children, Stephen finds time for his passion of badly impersonating 70’s and 80’s rock guitar gods and enjoying time with his partner Rose, renovating their new (old) house and travelling.
Lisa Porter
Lisa Porter
Lisa has been part of the digdat team since 2021, having joined from Anglian Water. Lisa is the Product Owner for digdat Communications and is responsible for the development of the In Your Area and RNS platforms.
As well as experience in product implementation and data management, Lisa has an extensive background in customer services marketing communications, managing teams and accounts for numerous blue-chip companies.
Lisa is interested in mindset growth, psychology and wellbeing, and enjoys a related course, talk or book in her spare time. She also likes scenic walks and gardening.
Emma Traves
Emma Traves
Emma joined digdat in 2017, having previously worked in marketing for a large media and entertainment company, in the food industry and also the NHS.
Emma is responsible for the day-to-day marketing, organising events, planning social media strategy and creating and implementing marketing collateral.
In her spare time, she enjoys baking (and eating!) cakes, long walks in the country, travelling and spending as much time as possible with friends and family.
Ed Frost
Ed Frost
Ed is digdat Technical Lead and has been with the business for over 25 years. Ed supports Software Developers and Product Owners, helping shape the technical and strategic direction of the digdat offering.