Alex Goff

Alex Goff has a diverse work experience. Alex is currently working as the CTO at vula, where they are involved in building pitch decks and datarooms for startups. Prior to this, they were a Founder at Entrepreneur First, where they worked on building a project called "www.vula." Alex also worked as a Build for Climate Fellow at On Deck.

Alex has experience working as a Freelancer, where they worked on various projects. Alex was the Founder of Everyhour, a project they worked on from 2020 to 2022.

Before working as a Freelancer, Alex worked at dunnhumby as a Technical Product Owner, where they developed research-led customer data science products for supermarket and grocery retailers globally. Alex played a key role in converting the company to treat APIs as products and selling them to third parties.

Alex also worked at IBM as an Emerging Technology/Cognitive Consultant, where they demonstrated the viability of emerging technologies such as cognitive micro-services, analytics, and blockchain. Alex received praise for their work on a cloud-based cognitive agent built on React and ML models.

Additionally, Alex was an Engineering Leadership Scholar at the Royal Academy of Engineering, where they participated in various activities to enhance their engineering leadership capabilities. Alex also held the role of Team Lead (CEO) at Cardiff Racing, a Formula Student team that achieved significant success in international competitions.

Alex began their professional journey as a Student Ambassador at Cardiff University, where they developed leadership skills by giving tours and speaking publicly to prospective students.

Alex Goff completed their Master of Engineering (MEng) in Mechanical Engineering at Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd from 2012 to 2017. They also attended Nanyang Technological University Singapore in 2015, although the degree name is not provided. Prior to that, they completed their A Levels at Richard Huish Sixth Form College from 2011 to 2013. They received their basic education at Uffculme School from 2004 to 2011.

In addition to their formal education, Alex has obtained various certifications. Notable certifications include "Start Up School Future Founder" from Y Combinator in December 2020 and "Certified SAFe® 4 Practitioner" from Scaled Agile, Inc. in June 2019. They have also received multiple certifications from IBM, such as "Docker Essentials: A Developer Introduction", "Getting Started with Containers on IBM Cloud", "Hadoop Administration - Level 1", "Hadoop Data Access - Level 1", "Hadoop Programming - Level 1", "Spark - Level 1", "Statistics 101", "Hadoop Foundations - Level 1", "Machine Learning with Python - Level 1", "IBM Agile Explorer", "Cognitive Practitioner", "Build Your Own Chatbot", "IBM Blockchain Essentials", "IBM Cloudant Developer Essentials - 2017", "IBM Cloudant Indexes and Queries - 2017", "IBM Cloudant Managed - 2017", "Watson Discovery Service for Developers", and "Watson Knowledge Studio Fundementals and Methodology". The specific months and years of obtaining these certifications vary between 2018 and 2020.