John Mcleod
Head Of Software Engineering at Solvo.ai
Warwick, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolJohn Mcleod is Head of Software Engineering at Solvo.ai, leading the transition from hands-on ML engineer to strategic engineering leader across product and platform since 2021. With a PhD in Mathematics and six years of industry experience in machine learning and verification roles at Secondmind and Solvo.ai, he blends deep probabilistic modelling expertise with practical production engineering. He has contributed to GPflow, improving Gaussian process sampling, typing and tests—demonstrating both research rigor and commitment to robust open-source tooling. Known for turning complex Bayesian models into reliable, testable systems, he excels at bridging research, verification and software delivery. Based in Warwick, UK, he brings an analytical, detail-oriented approach to scaling ML teams and shipping dependable AI products.
6 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Mathematics at Durham University
Github Skills (10)
bayesian-statistics10
machine-learning10
bayesian10
tensorflow10
python10
gpflow10
gaussian-processes10
unit-testing9
type-checking8
typehinting8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
GPflow/GPflow
Apr 2020 - Dec 2021
Gaussian processes in TensorFlow
Role in this project:
ML Engineer
ML EngineerContributions:2 releases, 48 reviews, 21 commits in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:John primarily contributed to the GPflow library by addressing issues related to Gaussian Processes, specifically related to model training and performance. Their work involved fixing mypy errors, using type aliases, and refactoring the code to improve the sampling of Multivariate Normal distributions and posteriors, which directly impacts the core functionality of the library. The user also made changes to the documentation and unit tests.
information-theorygpflowdeep-learningmachine-learningmarkov-chain-monte-carlo
johnamcleod/trieste
May 2021 - May 2023
A Bayesian optimization toolbox built on TensorFlow
Contributions:7 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years
toolboxoptimizationmachine-learningtensorflowbayesian-optimization
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