David Sarginson

Director of Architecture & Engineering

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David is Opencast’s Director of Architecture & Engineering, with a strong background in software engineering and agile delivery. In his role, David ensures the organisation has the right people, skills and structures in place to solve complex client challenges and deliver high-quality software.

With eight years at Accenture delivering major government programmes, and four years in the financial product sector, David brings deep consultancy experience and technical credibility. He plays a key role in client engagement by aligning talent to opportunity, converting leads into delivery, and improving operational efficiency across the business.

David is passionate about modern software architecture, agile methodologies and leadership development.

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Why good ideas in government struggle to scale

In this blog, you’ll find a summary of David Sarginson’s Global Government Forum Innovation 2026 session, highlighting his key reflections on why innovation in government so often stalls and what the teams who successfully scale ideas into real public impact consistently do differently.

Government

Product & Delivery

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A group of adults and children gather in a classroom around tables filled with robotics kits, laptops, and Opencast‑branded boxes, posing together during a STEM activity.

Opencast donates 12 more laptops to help school coders

Less than six months after donating a dozen MacBooks to a North East school to help pupils design and build robots, Opencast has donated another 12 laptops to a second local school. David Sarginson, our head of software development and a STEM ambassador, explains why.

Social Impact & Sustainability

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