Tom Waite
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Experience
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Fei Labs
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Technology, Information and Internet
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1 - 100 Employee
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Engineer
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Feb 2022 - Oct 2022
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nPlan
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United Kingdom
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Software Engineer
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Mar 2021 - Jan 2022
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Aztec
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United Kingdom
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Software Engineer
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Nov 2019 - Nov 2020
Full stack software engineer at a startup building a VISA scale payments network using zero-knowledge cryptography proofs
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Junior Software Engineer
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Nov 2018 - Nov 2019
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Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Aug 2018 - Sep 2018
Paper accepted to the ‘1st Symposium on Cryptocurrency Analysis' (https://socca.science/), 2018 in Toulouse, France - workshop at PERFORMANCE 2018. Paper link: https://eprint.iacr.org/2018/1062 Title: "DAGsim: Simulation of DAG-based distributed ledger protocols" Paper accepted to the ‘1st Symposium on Cryptocurrency Analysis' (https://socca.science/), 2018 in Toulouse, France - workshop at PERFORMANCE 2018. Paper link: https://eprint.iacr.org/2018/1062 Title: "DAGsim: Simulation of DAG-based distributed ledger protocols"
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Imperial College Union
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United Kingdom
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Higher Education
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100 - 200 Employee
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Student Trustee, Board of Trustees
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Aug 2017 - Aug 2018
Trustee of a charity with approx. £9 million turnover and 60 FTEs. Helped provide strategic direction to deliver ICUs strategy, in part through membership of the Finance and Risk Subcommittee
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President - Imperial College Physics Society
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Aug 2016 - Jul 2017
• Led a team of 10, representing a society of 1300+ members • Achieved recent funding record - through sponsorship arrangements, with 5 organisations, and negotiations with the Imperial Physics department • Guided organisation of socials, lectures, careers events, lab tours and an undergraduate conference (~150 attendees). Oversaw tours to NPL, JET and internationally; Prague
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Imperial College High Energy Physics Group
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London, United Kingdom
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Towards the detection of Japanese Knotweed using machine learning
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Oct 2017 - May 2018
Won the Tessella Prize for Software 2017/18 - best computing based MSci project in the Imperial Physics department (of 150 students). MSci thesis based on the development of a deep learning based tool that can automatically detect a particular plant species from UAV multispectral aerial imagery - using convolutional neural networks and convolutional autoencoders. Specifically: • Led a team towards developing an end-to-end CNN tool for plant detection from multispectral UAV… Show more Won the Tessella Prize for Software 2017/18 - best computing based MSci project in the Imperial Physics department (of 150 students). MSci thesis based on the development of a deep learning based tool that can automatically detect a particular plant species from UAV multispectral aerial imagery - using convolutional neural networks and convolutional autoencoders. Specifically: • Led a team towards developing an end-to-end CNN tool for plant detection from multispectral UAV imagery • Gathered an RGB + NIR London vegetation dataset using a DJI Phantom 4, and collaborated with the Welsh Gov. Cartography department to secure access to a multispectral Welsh aerial imagery dataset • Implemented a convolutional autoencoder, W-Net, with Keras and Python to perform unsupervised segmentation • Used a U-Net CNN for supervised image segmentation on a test dataset, achieving detection accuracies of 61% Show less Won the Tessella Prize for Software 2017/18 - best computing based MSci project in the Imperial Physics department (of 150 students). MSci thesis based on the development of a deep learning based tool that can automatically detect a particular plant species from UAV multispectral aerial imagery - using convolutional neural networks and convolutional autoencoders. Specifically: • Led a team towards developing an end-to-end CNN tool for plant detection from multispectral UAV… Show more Won the Tessella Prize for Software 2017/18 - best computing based MSci project in the Imperial Physics department (of 150 students). MSci thesis based on the development of a deep learning based tool that can automatically detect a particular plant species from UAV multispectral aerial imagery - using convolutional neural networks and convolutional autoencoders. Specifically: • Led a team towards developing an end-to-end CNN tool for plant detection from multispectral UAV imagery • Gathered an RGB + NIR London vegetation dataset using a DJI Phantom 4, and collaborated with the Welsh Gov. Cartography department to secure access to a multispectral Welsh aerial imagery dataset • Implemented a convolutional autoencoder, W-Net, with Keras and Python to perform unsupervised segmentation • Used a U-Net CNN for supervised image segmentation on a test dataset, achieving detection accuracies of 61% Show less
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Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
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United States
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Business Consulting and Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Summer Associate
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Jul 2017 - Aug 2017
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Imperial College, Blackett Laser Consortium
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London, United Kingdom
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Development of a novel femtosecond laser pulse signal processing device
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Jan 2017 - May 2017
BSc thesis on the development of a novel femtosecond laser pulse ultrafast signal processing device, to measure the effect of gas pressure, in a hollow fibre femtosecond laser, on pulse energy fluctuations BSc thesis on the development of a novel femtosecond laser pulse ultrafast signal processing device, to measure the effect of gas pressure, in a hollow fibre femtosecond laser, on pulse energy fluctuations
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Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
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South Korea
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Research Services
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100 - 200 Employee
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Undergraduate Researcher
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Jun 2016 - Aug 2016
• Collaborated with a multi-disciplinary team of researchers to help advance a proof of concept, sign language translating exoskeleton glove • Developed MATLAB hand gesture recognition scripts – based on pattern matching glove flex sensor values to a custom-built database • System has since attracted angel investors • Collaborated with a multi-disciplinary team of researchers to help advance a proof of concept, sign language translating exoskeleton glove • Developed MATLAB hand gesture recognition scripts – based on pattern matching glove flex sensor values to a custom-built database • System has since attracted angel investors
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MBDA
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Defense and Space Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Electro Optics and Countermeasures Undergraduate Engineer
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Jul 2015 - Sep 2015
• Characterised a complex optical system, drawing on specialisms of engineering team • Developed advanced electro-optics and MATLAB data analysis skills • Characterised a complex optical system, drawing on specialisms of engineering team • Developed advanced electro-optics and MATLAB data analysis skills
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Education
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Imperial College London
MSci, Physics -
Turton Sixth Form
A levels: Physics, Maths, Further Maths, Chemistry and General Studies, 5 A*s -
Turton High School
High School, 12 A* GCSEs