Laurence Ryszka

Laurence Ryszka is an experienced Solutions Architect specializing in financial services and enterprise accounts, currently working at Databricks since January 2023. Prior to this role, Laurence served as a Partner Solutions Engineer at Cloudera from June 2021 to December 2022, and as a Big Data Solution Architect at Hewlett Packard Enterprise from January 2020 to June 2021, focusing on distributed AI/ML, CI/CD, and data analytics on containers. Laurence has extensive experience in the insurance sector as a Senior Solutions Architect and Associate Director at Willis Towers Watson from August 2013 to December 2019, leading consultancy efforts in fintech. In earlier roles at Capita from April 2010 to August 2013, Laurence focused on technical pre-sales, implementations, and product management. Laurence holds a Certificate in Data Analytics from Imperial Business School and a Master of Science in Information Technology from the University of Derby.