Benjamin Torvaney
Lead Data Scientist
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolBenjamin Torvaney is a Lead Data Scientist based in London with a decade of experience applying data science across sports and information services. He has progressed from early roles at Football Radar and Athlon Partners to consulting for a European football club and now leads data science at Ludonautics, demonstrating both domain depth in sports analytics and product-focused delivery. His background in Natural Sciences from UCL informs a rigorous, experimental approach to model building and player scouting analytics. Benjamin has blended consultancy and in-house roles, enabling him to translate bespoke analytical insights into deployable solutions for teams and platforms. Colleagues describe him as someone who bridges quantitative rigor with practical scouting needs, often surfacing non-obvious signals that improve decision-making. He favors applied, impact-driven projects that move from exploratory models to measurable outcomes in competitive sports environments.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
University College London
Github Skills (106)
python10
ggplot10
r10
plot10
graphic10
dataclasses10
event-data10
shell10
cli10
r-package10
typer10
data-visualisation10
keyboard-shortcuts9
dplyr9
stan9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
Torvaney/fpl-optimiser
Jun 2017 - Apr 2019
Optimise FPL squads
Contributions:9 commits, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 9 months
fantasy-premier-leaguekooky-projectslinear-programming
Torvaney/unlucky-arsenal
Mar 2017 - Mar 2017
Contributions:12 commits, 7 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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