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Custom analyst firm assisting the semiconductor industry.

Video productions covering aspects to the semiconductor industry through an alternative lens.

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As Senior Editor, I was in charge of part of the PC component (particularly CPUs, motherboards and memory) content on Anandtech.com, as well as assisting the Mobile Team and developing our big project ideas. My role includes reviewing the hardware, developing working relationships with vendors and manufacturers alike to receive premium release hardware, as well as additional materials required for review. My position also entails assisting our part-time staff in their fields, including smartphones and enterprise, and managing our worldwide news team.In this role, I have reviewed 400+ products, totalling 140+ million page views. The analysis of each component goes above and beyond the typical review as per my scientific background - methodically investigating the ins and outs most important at the consumer or business level and providing feedback compared to the rest of the industry or market with which that component sits. The level of content and quality in analysis and comparison of the work is usually 3x-10x or more than that of leading competitive websites, and as such AnandTech has developed a reputation for being atypical technology media - engineers who investigate technology, rather than journalists interested in headlines and 200-word experience pieces. I am actively involved in the evolution of the website in terms of access, content and team management. To me, the relationship between us and the readers is the most important aspect, ensuring they are armed with the knowledge to make decisions for their companies or themselves, and independent data to back up their decision.I have attended trade shows worldwide for over a decade, including CES, Computex, SuperComputing, IDF and so on. In my role I converse with the technology industry veterans regarding a wide range of computer product evolution, consulting and expertise.

Oxford, Oxfordshire, Gb

A significant part of research was dedicated to the modification of current electrochemical simulation methods and algorithms to take advantage of multi-threading by implementation of (sometimes novel) methods that could be solved by parallel computation. Through these methods, the concepts of OpenMP for computer processors and CUDA for NVIDIA graphics processors were introduced to the field of electrochemistry across at least six peer-reviewed publications. On one side of the project, this allowed three-dimensional explicit simulation of finite difference algorithms solved on reasonable time scales. On the other, I produced a 4000x speed improvement over previous random-walk style particle simulations in electrochemistry, increasing the scope for stochastic analysis in particle electrochemistry, by using a single graphics card over a single computer processor, and an algorithm designed to decrease the amount of computational operations per step compared to previous methods, despite a leading expert in the field describing this line of enquiry as pointless due to the timescales involved. When that comment was made, a random-walk style simulation would take over a month - under my methodology, we reduced that to under a minute allowing future work along these lines to be applicable. One key aspect of the work from the random-walk simulations involved adding additional context to unconfirmed phenomena published in leading journals such as Science.

Kingston Upon Hull, East Riding Of Yorkshire, Gb

Undergraduate Masters at the University of Hull (Bachelors and Masters rolled into one 4-year course), specialist modules involving electrochemical simulation and results interpretation mixed with web development of result presentations. Core modules primarily aimed at Organic, Inorganic and Nanotechnology with Chemistry. Achieved 1st Class Honours (Summa Cum Laude equivalent).Vice President of the Hull University Computer Society for two years, Student-Staff Representative of the Chemistry Department for three years, Departmental Student Guide for four years. Summer projects include production of an internal question and answer database for undergraduate students in order to aid revision.

Phd/Dphil, Computational Chemistry

Mchem, Chemistry With Echem