Sam Blake
Machine Learning Lead, Logistics & Supply Chain at Ocado Technology
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolSam Blake is a Machine Learning Lead specializing in logistics and supply chain with nine years of experience building end-to-end AI systems in production. At Ocado Technology he scaled ML research and engineering from a single senior hire into a full stack team, delivering demand forecasting and vehicle routing products across multiple retailers. His background spans applied research and delivery across infrastructure and public-sector projects, turning complex datasets into operational systems. Trained as a physicist (DPhil, MPhys Oxford), he combines rigorous quantitative thinking with practical engineering to favor novel deep learning approaches on large-scale problems. Based in London, he is drawn to hard optimisation challenges where research-grade models meet real-world constraints.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
DPhil Condensed Matter Physics, DPhil Condensed Matter Physics at University of OxfordNERC Student Meteorology, NERC Student Meteorology at University of ReadingIAESTE Student Materials Engineering, IAESTE Student Materials Engineering at The University of British Columbia
English, Dutch
Github Skills (4)
traffic5
python5
allocation2
perf2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
HAL24K/pyvlog
Aug 2019 - Sep 2019
Python package for working with the V-Log traffic control data protocol
Contributions:27 commits, 2 PRs, 13 pushes in 27 days
v-logpython-packagepythontraffic
sfblake/denoiser
Nov 2022 - Jan 2023
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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