Laurence Herbert Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

London, England, Gb

Bristol, Bristol, Gb

Software Director, software leadership team and Product Management – data centre class AI products for training and inference. Delivering advanced software products spanning multiple generations of Graphcore AI processor. Comprehensive AI framework and ecosystem support including TensorFlow, JAX and PyTorch. - World class MLPerf submissions from the Graphcore Poplar SDK and IPU- Computer vision, generative AI, large language models, Hugging Face models- Collaboration and deployment with global hyperscalers- Rapid scaling of teams- Open source software, licensing and compliance- Global deployments, on-prem and Cloud

Singapore, Sg

Software and technology leadership, building new teams and capabilities to help drive innovation within Dyson.Built a world class advanced software connectivity, innovation and architecture group comprising of highly skilled multi-disciplinary teams of mobile app developers, cloud architects, security architects and embedded software engineers.- Accountable for next gen New Product Innovation connected product development- Leading high performance and well respected development teams within Dyson- Strategic third party engagement and collaboration- System architectures, risk and impact analysis (App, Cloud, Product)- Developed new processes and internal governance- Early stage development and concept exploration- WiFi, Bluetooth Low Energy and future connected protocols and technologies- Responsible for R&D of the new wireless connection journey- Supporting UI/UX concept exploration and prototyping- Exploring new App and Cloud innovations and architectures- Supporting Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning teams- Privacy, security, standards and compliance- Managing and influencing key stakeholders across the organisation- Multiple projects, complex prioritisation and resource planning- Honoured and privileged to have supported the new 'Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology'Products include the next generation Purifiers (Dyson Pure Cool, Pure Hot + Cool), Second Generation robot vacuum cleaner (Dyson 360 Heurist) and the advanced CSYS Task Light (Dyson Lightcycle).

Technical leadership and strategy covering system architecture, software and electronics control systems, advanced data acquisition and signal processing. Multi-disciplinary teams creating novel solutions for pioneering research within the Life Sciences.Areas of expertise:- Strategy- Architecture- Exploiting new technologies- Requirements analysis- Commercial awareness, P&L, marketing- Software, hardware and electronics interfacing- Data collection, analysis, fitting and visualisation- High speed spectral imaging and data processing- Communications protocols, security- Embedded wireless communication including WiFi and BluetoothTechnologies: Visual Studio, C#, C / C++, ARM, programmable logic devices (PLD), PSoC , USB, virtualisation, SQL, TCP/IP, networking.

Software and electronics design, development and project management. Specialising in embedded systems, data acquisition and signal processing for scientific research equipment.

Exeter, Devon, Gb

Development of new technologies that could be incorporated into existing and next generation products. Early adopter of Bluetooth technology. Implementation of a novel intelligent distributed control system - electronics, firmware and Windows software design and implementation.