Andy Nelson
Andy works in Illumina’s Product Development organization on cloud operations & architecture for the BaseSpace suite of Informatics SaaS platforms.
These providing data management and analysis capabilities for full genome DNA sequencing, and during 2018 consumed over 4 Million compute hours, processing over 10PB of genomic data… equivalent to the entire Netflix video library every quarter.
Prior to working at Illumina, Andy was a cross-industry technical consultant, and brings over 2 decade’s experience in designing and managing high volume data storage and distributed compute systems across a diverse range of industries including telecommunications, insurance, banking, pharmaceutical and biotechnology.
Thomas Alisi
Software engineer with entrepreneurial attitude, problem solving approach and a particular propensity for large scale cloud computing projects.
I can lead and implement the deployment of software architectures for data driven digital products and award winning digital campaigns for international brands and agencies.
With my scientific background, I have published for international conferences and journals and I have been awarded numerous research grants.
I am also the proud founder and manager of an invitation only community of ~200 London-based technical leads and developers.
Mark Davies
Mark is an Enterprise Technology Architect in the “Chief Technology Office” of Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd. Having left school at 16 in the late 80’s, started work in a local Insurance Company before taking on his first serious IT role, within a Software House developing motor insurance quotation systems. Since then he’s worked in the Insurance, Utilities, Travel & Retail industries, moving from Operations Support into Architecture & Strategy. He has worked on projects all over the world, but always returning to his roots in good old Sussex by the sea. With an inquisitive mind and a love for technology, both old and new, he also recognizes that technology is the simplest piece of the puzzle. Father of two, husband, qualified FA coach, part of the Les Mills Bodycombat Tribe; he brings commitment and dedication to everything he does.