Summary
Olly Oechsle is a seasoned engineering leader and CTO based in London with over 14 years of hands-on experience and a PhD in machine learning and computer vision. He has led product and engineering teams at BenevolentAI and now Sable Bio, bridging research-grade NLP/ML with production backend services, front-end applications, and data processing architectures. Known for compassionate people management, he pairs technical depth with a pragmatic focus on clear communication and positive workplace culture. His background spans startups and media enterprises, from building real-time systems and mobile apps to modernising CRM and CMS platforms. Unusually for an exec, he retains deep technical fluency across the full stack—able to contribute to architecture, code and product strategy alike.
14 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Phd Machine Learning and Computer Vision, Phd Machine Learning and Computer Vision at University of Essex