Sam MacBeth

Sam Macbeth has a diverse work experience spanning multiple industries and roles. Sam'smost recent position is as a Senior Privacy Engineer at DuckDuckGo, where they started in January 2021. Prior to that, they worked at Cliqz GmbH from 2015 to 2020, first as a Software Developer from July 2015 to January 2020, and then as a Tech Lead from January 2019 to December 2020. In 2015, they were employed as a Technical Consultant at University College London on a short contract to implement a tool for the analysis of AIS shipping data. Additionally, they have a background in academia, completing a PhD at Imperial College London from October 2010 to January 2015. During their PhD, they conducted research on self-governing knowledge commons and developed open-source software for academia. Sam also worked as a Research Associate in the Department of Chemistry at Imperial College London from April 2014 to July 2014, where they focused on software control and optimization algorithms. Earlier in their career, from October 2010 to April 2013, they worked as a Graduate Teaching Assistant, providing support and instruction to students in computing labs and marking coursework.

Sam Macbeth earned a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Multi-agent Based Simulation of Self-governing Knowledge Commons from Imperial College London, from the year 2010 to 2015. Prior to that, Sam completed a Bachelor's degree in Information Systems Engineering (MENG) from the same institution, spanning from 2006 to 2010.