Experience

Interwoven

• United Kingdom
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Technology Officer

  • Jul 2023 - Present

  Developing SaaS for Surveys and Analytics Developing SaaS for Surveys and Analytics



DATA UNBOUND LTD

• United Kingdom
• Business Consulting and Services

• Director

  • Jul 2013 - Present

  For several years, I have provided the following services: ♦ Strategy and road mapping services to clients to find cost effective solutions that maximise revenue and reduce costs while minimising risk. ♦ Building cohesive, effective teams of people with diverse skills and levels of experience -- along with the relevant training. ♦ Implement processes and best practices, mostly for software development that ensure those teams succeed. ♦ Designing and implementing complex ETL/ELT… Show more For several years, I have provided the following services: ♦ Strategy and road mapping services to clients to find cost effective solutions that maximise revenue and reduce costs while minimising risk. ♦ Building cohesive, effective teams of people with diverse skills and levels of experience -- along with the relevant training. ♦ Implement processes and best practices, mostly for software development that ensure those teams succeed. ♦ Designing and implementing complex ETL/ELT pipelines and data warehouses in cloud-based environments. ♦ Designing and implementing effective CI/CD pipelines. Show less For several years, I have provided the following services: ♦ Strategy and road mapping services to clients to find cost effective solutions that maximise revenue and reduce costs while minimising risk. ♦ Building cohesive, effective teams of people with diverse skills and levels of experience -- along with the relevant training. ♦ Implement processes and best practices, mostly for software development that ensure those teams succeed. ♦ Designing and implementing complex ETL/ELT… Show more For several years, I have provided the following services: ♦ Strategy and road mapping services to clients to find cost effective solutions that maximise revenue and reduce costs while minimising risk. ♦ Building cohesive, effective teams of people with diverse skills and levels of experience -- along with the relevant training. ♦ Implement processes and best practices, mostly for software development that ensure those teams succeed. ♦ Designing and implementing complex ETL/ELT pipelines and data warehouses in cloud-based environments. ♦ Designing and implementing effective CI/CD pipelines. Show less



AstraZeneca

• United Kingdom
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lead Data Engineer

  • May 2022 - May 2023



Novum Insights

• United Kingdom
• Information Technology & Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Technology Officer

  • Aug 2020 - Oct 2021



Owlstone Medical

• United Kingdom
• Research
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Head Of Algorithms and Data Software

  • Mar 2018 - Jan 2020

  Similar to a combined Head of Software and Head of Data role, I oversaw all the research and development of our statistical and machine learning aspects of our products and services, as well as, the companies data infrastructure including several of our operational systems to support our in-house lab. Additionally my responsibilities included recruiting, retaining, training, and developing the company's product owners, scrum masters, data engineers, statisticians and data scientists;… Show more Similar to a combined Head of Software and Head of Data role, I oversaw all the research and development of our statistical and machine learning aspects of our products and services, as well as, the companies data infrastructure including several of our operational systems to support our in-house lab. Additionally my responsibilities included recruiting, retaining, training, and developing the company's product owners, scrum masters, data engineers, statisticians and data scientists; Instilling and ensuring best practices for software and data engineering. Achievements include: ♦ Expanded the department from 14 to 23 persons (7 data engineers, 3 statisticians, 8 datascientists, 3 product owners, 1 agile coach, and 1 data manager) ♦ Built and Kicked-off the first 3 interdepartmental cross-functional teams across Operations,Sales & Marketing, and R&D ♦ Realized a roughly 3000% increase in outputs of consultancy arm of the business without additional resources Technologies used included: Python, Django, numpy, scikit-learn, pandas, seaborn, JupyterHub, PostgreSQL, Linux, Docker, Jenkins, Bitbucket, Jira, Confluence, Apache Airflow, GCP (Storage, Bigquery), and AWS. Show less Similar to a combined Head of Software and Head of Data role, I oversaw all the research and development of our statistical and machine learning aspects of our products and services, as well as, the companies data infrastructure including several of our operational systems to support our in-house lab. Additionally my responsibilities included recruiting, retaining, training, and developing the company's product owners, scrum masters, data engineers, statisticians and data scientists;… Show more Similar to a combined Head of Software and Head of Data role, I oversaw all the research and development of our statistical and machine learning aspects of our products and services, as well as, the companies data infrastructure including several of our operational systems to support our in-house lab. Additionally my responsibilities included recruiting, retaining, training, and developing the company's product owners, scrum masters, data engineers, statisticians and data scientists; Instilling and ensuring best practices for software and data engineering. Achievements include: ♦ Expanded the department from 14 to 23 persons (7 data engineers, 3 statisticians, 8 datascientists, 3 product owners, 1 agile coach, and 1 data manager) ♦ Built and Kicked-off the first 3 interdepartmental cross-functional teams across Operations,Sales & Marketing, and R&D ♦ Realized a roughly 3000% increase in outputs of consultancy arm of the business without additional resources Technologies used included: Python, Django, numpy, scikit-learn, pandas, seaborn, JupyterHub, PostgreSQL, Linux, Docker, Jenkins, Bitbucket, Jira, Confluence, Apache Airflow, GCP (Storage, Bigquery), and AWS. Show less



XLabs.ai

• United States
• Software Development

• Data Scientist and Full Stack Architect

  • Mar 2017 - Mar 2018

  Providing technical direction for data analytics, team building, and mentorship for budding AI startups. Providing technical direction for data analytics, team building, and mentorship for budding AI startups.



Meson Capital Partners LLC

• Investment Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Analytics Platform Architect

  • Mar 2017 - Jul 2017

  Designed and implemented a cost-effective, reproducible, disposable, elastic platform on Google Cloud Compute and a scalable data warehouse for existing analytics results. Additionally created a cloud-based automated trading platform for interacting with 3rd party brokers and executing bespoke trading strategies. Designed and implemented a cost-effective, reproducible, disposable, elastic platform on Google Cloud Compute and a scalable data warehouse for existing analytics results. Additionally created a cloud-based automated trading platform for interacting with 3rd party brokers and executing bespoke trading strategies.



Seldn.ai

• Software Development

• Chief Data Engineer

  • Nov 2014 - Jul 2016

  Built a greenfield Big Data Analytics platform (Google Compute Engine, Docker, Spark, Kafka, Cassandra, Etc.). Created pipeline with ingress of data from several raw varied data sources. Designed highly scalable analysis pipeline for machine learning. Implemented development pipeline with continuous integration and continuous delivery, Built a greenfield Big Data Analytics platform (Google Compute Engine, Docker, Spark, Kafka, Cassandra, Etc.). Created pipeline with ingress of data from several raw varied data sources. Designed highly scalable analysis pipeline for machine learning. Implemented development pipeline with continuous integration and continuous delivery,



Sky

• United Kingdom
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 700 & Above Employee

• Data Architect

  • Aug 2013 - Jun 2014

  Designed and Implemented a full stack, cloud-based (Cloud Foundry), semantic, HATEOAS services for sales and provisioning systems (Java/Python/Cassandra/MongoDB/RabbitMQ). Lead transition from component-based teams to low-latency feature-based teams. Designed and Implemented a full stack, cloud-based (Cloud Foundry), semantic, HATEOAS services for sales and provisioning systems (Java/Python/Cassandra/MongoDB/RabbitMQ). Lead transition from component-based teams to low-latency feature-based teams.



Mediatonic Games

• United Kingdom
• Computer Games
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Big Data Engineer/Scientist

  • Feb 2013 - Aug 2013

  Designed and implemented a Big Data Analytics platform on AWS using Scala/Java, Hadoop, HBase. Conducting statistical and Machine learning analyses to improve user experience, balance game economy and mechanics, and encourage monetization. Designed and implemented a Big Data Analytics platform on AWS using Scala/Java, Hadoop, HBase. Conducting statistical and Machine learning analyses to improve user experience, balance game economy and mechanics, and encourage monetization.



Sky

• United Kingdom
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 700 & Above Employee

• Python Developer (Contract)

  • Mar 2011 - Dec 2012

  Developed a data-driven product configuration and pricing engine through in-memory graphs Building high-volume webservices using semantic & restful design concepts and NoSQL Working in an Agile TDD/BDD environment (all Linux/OSS) Developed a data-driven product configuration and pricing engine through in-memory graphs Building high-volume webservices using semantic & restful design concepts and NoSQL Working in an Agile TDD/BDD environment (all Linux/OSS)



British Gas

• United Kingdom
• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee

• Developer (Contract)

  • Jul 2010 - Mar 2011

  Added Brand and Nectar Integration the new Sainsburys Energy partnership Augmenting existing report services, pricing engine, data models, data maps, and high volume SOAP/XML interfaces for new product offerings Working in an Agile Scrum environment Added Brand and Nectar Integration the new Sainsburys Energy partnership Augmenting existing report services, pricing engine, data models, data maps, and high volume SOAP/XML interfaces for new product offerings Working in an Agile Scrum environment



Reckitt

• United Kingdom
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• SQL Developer (Contract)

  • Mar 2010 - Jun 2010

  Developed SQL-based statistical tool for forecasting sales (DB2 tables functions) Developed bespoke (Java) near real-time reporting tools promotion and financial planning Developed SQL-based statistical tool for forecasting sales (DB2 tables functions) Developed bespoke (Java) near real-time reporting tools promotion and financial planning



CUSTOMER SYSTEMS PLC

• United Kingdom
• Business Consulting and Services

• Senior Consultant

  • Jun 2008 - Mar 2010

  Several full life cycle CRM projects often as development lead Two full life cycle projects for OBIEE/Informatica including warehouse design, ETL, and web-based report design and creation Several months as Head European CRM administrator for a Global Biotechnology Co. Developed real-time reporting systems for a major consumer goods Corporation Numerous EAI projects (Java, Python, SOAP/XML/XPath) Several full life cycle CRM projects often as development lead Two full life cycle projects for OBIEE/Informatica including warehouse design, ETL, and web-based report design and creation Several months as Head European CRM administrator for a Global Biotechnology Co. Developed real-time reporting systems for a major consumer goods Corporation Numerous EAI projects (Java, Python, SOAP/XML/XPath)



CERN

• Switzerland
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Visiting Scholar

  • Sep 2006 - Jan 2008

  Analyzed petabytes of test run data for the Atlas hadronic calorimeter (all Linux environment) Designed and coded(Python/C++/SQL) several algorithms to diagnose hardware specific problems through test run data using time-series and Bayes analysis Conducted long term and detector-wide analyses using Python with Numpy and R Analyzed petabytes of test run data for the Atlas hadronic calorimeter (all Linux environment) Designed and coded(Python/C++/SQL) several algorithms to diagnose hardware specific problems through test run data using time-series and Bayes analysis Conducted long term and detector-wide analyses using Python with Numpy and R



University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Jul 2004 - Jul 2006

  Designing particle detectors for muon trigger upgrade PHENIX project based at Brookhaven National Laboratories Developing data analysis software for evaluating detector performance Developing Monte Carlo simulations (C++/Python) for evaluating proposed modifications Designing particle detectors for muon trigger upgrade PHENIX project based at Brookhaven National Laboratories Developing data analysis software for evaluating detector performance Developing Monte Carlo simulations (C++/Python) for evaluating proposed modifications



Oak Ridge National Laboratory

• United States
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Intern

  • Jan 2004 - Aug 2004

  Discovered and conclusively proved the failure mechanism of industrial natural gas engine ignition systems through light emission spectroscopy Results published in several internal papers Discovered and conclusively proved the failure mechanism of industrial natural gas engine ignition systems through light emission spectroscopy Results published in several internal papers



The Ohio State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Summer Research Intern

  • Jun 2003 - Aug 2003

  Completed a statistical analysis of RNA Folding Algorithms (C GNU Scientific Library) Published findings in the Oxford Journals, Nucleic Acids Research, Volume33, Issue2 Completed a statistical analysis of RNA Folding Algorithms (C GNU Scientific Library) Published findings in the Oxford Journals, Nucleic Acids Research, Volume33, Issue2