Colin Parry
Founder at Head for Data
Falkirk, Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolColin Parry is a founder and data/AI practitioner with 16+ years of cross-sector experience translating technical work into measurable business ROI across renewables, temporary power and proptech. He builds and productionises scalable ML systems—ranging from computer vision for building footprint and floor counting to energy disaggregation and engine-failure prediction—using cloud-native pipelines (Docker, Kubernetes, Azure) and observability tooling. Colin has founded and grown data teams, led end-to-end product delivery from prototype to monitored production, and holds multiple patents stemming from applied R&D. Comfortable briefing CxOs or mentoring engineers, he combines hands-on engineering with commercial pragmatism and a knack for cutting through jargon to expose dollar-value opportunities in data. An early engineer with a Distinction MSc in Renewable Energy, he also brings practical field perspective from asset-heavy industries that informs robust, cost-aware solutions.
8 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Renewable Energy and Environmental Modelling, Distinction, Master of Science - MS, Renewable Energy and Environmental Modelling, Distinction at University of DundeeHeriot-Watt University Edinburgh CampusBachelor of Science - BS, Engineering Physics/Applied Physics, 1st Class, Bachelor of Science - BS, Engineering Physics/Applied Physics, 1st Class at University of StrathclydeHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Stirling High School
Github Skills (54)
json10
api10
rest10
async9
json-schema9
fastapi9
python9
swagger9
swagger-ui9
redoc9
openapi9
pydantic8
high-performance8
jupyter7
nodejs7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Cuahchic/ML-car-pricing
Oct 2017 - Jan 2018
Contributions:48 commits, 2 PRs, 46 pushes in 3 months
pythonscrapemachine-learninglistingscar
Cuahchic/map-voronoi
Jan 2018 - Dec 2020
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 10 months
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