Dafydd Vaughan

CTO & Digital technology specialist

I advise governments, public institutions and commercial organisations on digital transformation, building strong digital teams and delivering sustainable technology.

I’m the CTO for Public Digital’s consulting practice and the Independent Member for Digital on Aneurin Bevan University Health Board. I was a co-founder of the UK Government Digital Service and a strategic advisor to Centre for Digital Public Services in Wales.


Blog posts

I occasionally write blog posts on this website - these are my most recent

2024-02: February month note

Another month gone. It’s a cliche, but it really has just disappeared - I’m sure New Year was only a few weeks ago. But that means it’s time for another month note. February 2024: board, work, house renovation, turning the oil tanker, devolution and the resurgence of week notes
2 March 2024

2024-01: January month note

I’m not sure I can stretch myself to writing something every week, so I’m setting myself a slightly less onerous goal of a note every month instead. So - January 2024: work, health, things I’ve read and things I’m thinking about
28 January 2024

Horizon IT scandal: repeating patterns

There is so much that has been written and said about the Horizon scandal over the past 10 years, that it’s hard to pick out what actually happened, and how it got so bad. When things go really badly wrong, there’s never just one cause. Many things have to have failed. In the case of Horizon, this list is huge: the tech, the supplier, the culture, the investigations, the lawyers, the system of private prosecutions, the management, the politicians, the governance and scrutiny, the recovery.
14 January 2024