Sophie Adams-Foster

Bio:

Sophie is a Strategic Design Leader with more than 13 years of experience in the design and engineering industry, she possesses an in-depth firsthand understanding of the product design development process, including electronic design, certification, prototyping, manufacturing, and 3D printing.

She specialises in commercialising products for a diverse range of clients, including inventors, entrepreneurs, large corporations, and the defence sector.

Recently she has been awarded the prestigious Churchill Fellowship which funds international research of innovative ideas across a range of themes. Passionate about the adoption of new technologies such as artificial intelligence into the design process, her research will take her overseas to understand the impact of such technologies at scale.

Her career has taken a unique and non-linear path, given her creative arts background, which includes an MA in Multi-disciplinary Printmaking. Previously teaching at The University of Twente in the Netherlands and Swansea Met University, she current serves as a Business Panel Review Member at the Engine Shed Bristol and Co-Founder of Zebera by Design.