David Sullivan
Data Director
Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Sullivan is a Data Director and former astrophysicist with eight years of experience building and operationalising machine learning at scale in financial services and public sector organisations. He led data practice and ML governance at Starling Bank, establishing standards for development, deployment, explainability and fairness while heading Computer Vision and NLP technical delivery. His background blends rigorous research (PhD in Astronomy and Astrophysics) with hands-on engineering—from search optimisation at the ONS to production ML roles across fraud, credit and security domains. David is experienced in cloud ML system design and hiring high-performing data teams, with a track record of translating complex scientific problems into robust business products. Based in Cardiff, he brings a methodical, research-driven approach to practical ML challenges and an eye for responsible, explainable solutions.
8 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Physics and Bachelor of Science Astrophysics, Master of Physics and Bachelor of Science Astrophysics at Cardiff University / Prifysgol CaerdyddDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Astronomy and Astrophysics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Astronomy and Astrophysics at University of Sussex
Github Skills (55)
dot-product10
azure-cosmos-db9
cognitive-services9
tflint9
structured-data8
search-api8
pyspark8
dot8
spark-ml8
null-safety8
azure-cognitive-services7
cml7
assetbundle7
spark7
keyword-spotting7
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
ONSdigital/dp-conceptual-search
May 2018 - Nov 2018
ONS conceptual search api
Contributions:705 commits, 174 PRs, 553 pushes in 6 months
apisearch-engineonssearch-apisearch
sully90/dp-search-service
Nov 2017 - Mar 2018
Contributions:145 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
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