Giuseppe Sollazzo
Deputy Director, Head Of Innovation Strategy, Chief AI Office
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolGiuseppe Sollazzo is a senior technology and data leader with 15 years' experience designing and delivering large-scale public sector digital and AI programmes across the UK, currently shaping HMRC’s Chief AI Office. He combines hands-on technical pedigree (PhD/MSc in Computer Science) with strategic leadership, having launched the NHS AI Skunkworks, led DfT’s first central data unit, and run a 150-person Data Enablement division at DWP. Known for pragmatic, product-first transformations, he specialises in organising multidisciplinary teams, governance and measurable AI value while championing ethical and inclusive adoption. Giuseppe also advises Innovate UK and sits on multiple boards, bringing grant assessment, procurement and regulatory horizon-scanning to bear. A long-time tech communicator, he has published the Quantum of Sollazzo data newsletter since 2012 and earned a reputation as an outspoken open-data advocate ("The Open Data Rottweiler") who bridges academic rigour with delivery-focused innovation.
15 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
MSc Computer Science, Computer science, MSc Computer Science, Computer science at Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di BolognaPhD, Computer Science, PhD, Computer Science at Imperial College London
English, German, Italian, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (138)
geography10
spatial10
overpass-api10
geopandas10
osmnx10
openresty10
spatial-data10
transport10
networkx10
spatial-analysis10
urban-planning10
public-transport10
openstreetmap9
api-manager9
computer-vision9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
puntofisso/RS-ParlyHack-2013
Nov 2013 - Apr 2018
Contributions:7 commits, 1 push in 4 years 6 months
SGUL/yumconsole
Feb 2015 - Jan 2022
Contributions:1 push in 7 years
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