David Sullivan

David Sullivan is an experienced data professional currently serving as the Data Practice Lead at Starling Bank since January 2020, where responsibilities include technical delivery across data practices and establishing machine learning governance. David also leads the Computer Vision and Natural Language Processing teams and oversees hiring for Data Science functions. Previous roles include Lead Data Scientist at Incopro and Machine Learning Data Scientist at the Office for National Statistics, along with experience as a Search Engineer. David's academic background includes a PhD in Astronomy and Astrophysics from the University of Sussex and a Master of Physics and Bachelor of Science in Astrophysics from Cardiff University. Early career experience includes work as a Java Software Developer at Eysys, focusing on machine learning and web scraping.