
Profile
Michelle Ricketts leads the development, delivery, evaluation and continuous improvement of digital training services at HyperLearning AI, in addition to developing and managing our training-related partnerships and community-focused outreach and engagement programmes.
Michelle is passionate about delivering on our mission to help remove social and economic barriers for those seeking to embark upon careers in technology. With over a decade of experience in the Civil Service, coupled with a degree in Computer Science and experience as a programmer in the pharmaceutical industry at GlaxoSmithKline, Michelle has deep expertise in providing employment and skills advisory services, engaging with local communities and young people through outreach programmes, and delivering high quality training. Driven by her experiences, Michelle is determined to improve accessibility, diversity and equality in the technology sector, particularly in data science, artificial intelligence and software engineering.
Core Skills
- Leadership
Community engagement and outreach • Partnerships • Project Management - Training and Employment
Employment advisor • Youth Engagement • Specialist Work Coach • Skills Training - Software Engineering
Python • JavaScript • SAS • SQL • Linux - Databases
MySQL • MariaDB • PostgreSQL
Selected Projects
- OntoPop - Project Manager
Query and manage version-controlled W3C Web Ontology Language (OWL) ontologies via public APIs. - Inventory Management - Owner and Manager
Property company specialising in inventory management and accurate, detailed and fully-compliant property report generation.
Languages
- English • Native
- British Sign Language