Tom Griffin
Director, Scientific Computing Department at STFC
Greater Oxford Area United Kingdom
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Top SchoolTom Griffin is a seasoned technology leader driving digital and scientific computing at the UK’s STFC, with 16+ years of experience advancing e‑infrastructure for large-scale research facilities. As Director of the Scientific Computing Department (now Director, Digital Transformation), he leads one of Europe’s largest scientific computing teams across multiple sites, aligning strategy, operations and fast-evolving data services for facilities like ISIS. His background in computer science and long tenure at ISIS — from sandwich student to Computing Group Leader — give him rare end-to-end domain expertise in instrument control, data acquisition, reduction (including Mantid), and research data management. Tom combines hands‑on engineering roots with program-level delivery across European projects and the Ada Lovelace Centre, translating complex scientific needs into robust, scalable infrastructure. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic change agent who balances technical depth with strategic vision to reshape compute and digital capabilities. Based in Greater Oxford, he’s quietly influential in bridging facility operations, software development and national e‑infrastructure strategy.
16 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at The University of Manchester
Github Skills (21)
soap8
catalog7
metadata7
scada5
ids4
python3
digital-humanities3
opc3
data-service3
modbus3
anonymous2
questions-and-answers2
server2
management2
simulation1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
icatproject-contrib/CSMD
Aug 2015 - Feb 2016
Contributions:3 pushes, 3 branches in 5 months
RALTTC/RALTTC.github.io
Aug 2016 - Sep 2016
Contributions:16 pushes, 1 branch in 21 days
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