Richard James

Richard James is a seasoned professional in the fields of machine learning and artificial intelligence, currently serving as an Advisor for Glasswing Ventures and a Senior Staff Software Engineer at Google, where expertise includes scaling text and vision models. Richard has held significant roles in renowned organizations, such as Research Lead in FAIR NLP at Meta and Infra Lead for Core Personalization Platform at Facebook. Additionally, Richard contributes to academia as an Adjunct Professor of Machine Learning at Yeshiva University. Previous experience includes leadership positions in data analytics and engineering at Millennium and Earnest Analytics, alongside advisory roles with FinTech and machine learning startups in London and Berlin. Richard holds a BSc in Computer Science from Collingwood College, Durham University, complemented by a certificate in Quantitative Finance from 7city.