Summary
Steph Locke is a product and AI leader with 12 years’ experience building data-driven products and scaling teams across startups and enterprise environments from Cardiff. Currently Head of Product at Nightingale HQ and Chief Product Officer at Oka-Bi, she combines CEO and founder experience with senior roles at Microsoft to bridge strategy, customer success, and responsible AI delivery. A former data scientist and BI specialist, she has a hands-on track record taking analytics and ML work into production while championing open source. Her background in philosophy informs a pragmatic, ethics-aware approach to product decisions and AI governance. Active in the open-source community and fundraising for gosmarter.ai, she blends entrepreneurial grit with technical depth and a strong focus on real-world impact.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
BA(Hons) Philosophy, BA(Hons) Philosophy at Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd