Role​

I joined IGI in 2011, having previously worked in academia as a researcher and lecturer for almost 20 years. My role in IGI has evolved from having a focus on our software products, to a more general management role. I see management as a service, and still find time to work with the software team on our tools, and with our consultancy team and clients around using the tools, especially statistical analysis and machine learning.​

Vision​

I am a scientist. And a pragmatic Bayesian. We have models, and we have data. The world can only make sense combining them, accounting for uncertainty. In IGI we are trying to build the best tools for managing, visualising, exploring and interpreting geoscientific data.

Expertise​

My expertise runs across probabilistic modelling, including machine learning, visualisation and data exploration. I have also contributed to developments in data assimilation and inverse problems. In particular I work on managing uncertainty in environmental models, including coordinating the UncertWeb project and collaborating on the Managing Uncertainty in Complex Models project.​​

Outside work​

When not working, I like to spend time in my garden, or fishing (but not always catching) around the coast of North Devon where my family and I now live. From time to time my youngest ignites the latent twitcher in me and we’ll go bird watching.​