Robert Davidson
Visiting Lecturer at University of Hertfordshire
England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolRobert Davidson is a data science and engineering leader with 11 years of experience combining C-suite strategy and hands-on technical delivery across academia, government, biotech and political campaigns. Currently a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire, he designs and teaches modules on NLP and large language models while supervising applied student projects. His career blends deep scientific training—a PhD applying pattern recognition to NMR spectroscopy—with product and leadership roles including CTO at Signify and Head of Insights for charity-focused consultancies. He specialises in open data, analytics and digital campaigning, having built recommender systems at scale and led data-driven national campaigns. Notably, he moves fluidly between research and operational contexts, translating complex bioscience and social-media psychology insights into practical data products and strategy.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Application of Pattern Recognition Methods to NMR Spectroscopy, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Application of Pattern Recognition Methods to NMR Spectroscopy at The Institute of Cancer ResearchMRes Bioinformatics, MRes Bioinformatics at University of Exeter
French, English
Github Skills (9)
galaxy8
database7
mozilla3
science3
stardog2
python2
rdf1
docker1
hosts1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
bobbledavidson/Beagle4Galaxy
Jul 2015 - Sep 2015
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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