Olly has been active in the area of Requirements Engineering for over 15 years and holds a PhD from Imperial College, University of London, on Requirements Traceability. Olly has held senior positions within the UK defense industry working on Systems Requirements Engineering, was an initial member of the Centre for Requirements and Foundations at Oxford University, and is on the Steering Committee of the New York City Software Process Improvement Professional Network. She was the co-author of the most influential paper over a 10-year period from the 1st International Conference in Requirements Engineering held in 1994.