Tom Reader
Director at Alver Valley Software Limited
Greater Portsmouth Area United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolTom Reader is a Director and seasoned computer vision and machine learning consultant with over 12 years of experience delivering practical AI solutions across aerospace, agri-industry, safety, fashion and medical projects. He founded and runs Alver Valley Software Limited, working under NDA with diverse clients to deploy models from cloud servers to Jetson edge devices using OpenCV, PyTorch, YOLO (including YOLOv7) and jetson-inference tooling. Equally fluent in C++ and Python, he builds image classifiers, object detectors and integration components for web, mobile and standalone systems, and has deep experience with MobileNet-SSD and ResNet architectures. Previously a Senior Research Engineer in aerospace, he pairs traditional vision techniques with deep learning to detect challenging, fast-moving targets, and brings a long track record of product-focused engineering dating back to the 1990s. Outside of engineering he’s an active runner, cyclist and volunteer Blood Runner, reflecting a strong bias for disciplined, mission-driven work.
12 years of coding experience
31 years of employment as a software developer
BTEC National, Computer Studies, BTEC National, Computer Studies at Peterborough Regional CollegeBSc, Computer Science, BSc, Computer Science at Coventry University
Github Skills (14)
hid3
python3
jetson3
nvidia-jetson3
camera3
gstreamer3
tensorflow2
nvidia2
gpu2
opencl2
linux2
cpp2
cuda2
opengl2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
alvervalleysoftware/test4
Jul 2015 - Dec 2020
Contributions:4 pushes, 2 branches in 5 years 6 months
a115/ViewCop-Android
Sep 2013 - Dec 2013
Contributions:6 commits in 3 months
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