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Andy Howard

Facilitators & Experts

Director at Astronaut

Andy Howard is a Director at Astronaut, an innovation consultant, writer and speaker, based in Newcastle, Australia.

He has global experience and recognition, including a Global UX Award (1 of only 10 awarded annually) and an Australian Web Award. His consultancy helps create and commercialise new technology-led customer experiences, services and products, and he has written for the AFR and Business Insider amongst other publications.

Andy is part of the team from the University of Newcastle who designed and led SSE's Ideation unit in 2019. and was the lead Entrepreneur Facilitator launching our Discovery Program in 2020.

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