Darren Cope
Product Owner @Equal Experts
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WORK HISTORY
Product Owner @Equal Experts
Led the transformation of an open-source analytics platform from pilot phase (30 analysts) to an enterprise-wide solution serving 700+ analysts and business users, achieving strategic approval across the organization.Key accomplishments:Architected and deployed a highly available, high-performance open-source analytics environment matching enterprise vendor capabilities at significantly reduced costPioneered a cloud-native, compute-on-demand model delivering 4x cost efficiency compared to traditional fixed-capacity infrastructure, optimizing resource utilization through pay-as-you-go scalingExpanded platform capabilities to include GPU-accelerated computing for LLM hosting and advanced analytics (Dask, TensorFlow, CUDA), enabling cutting-edge data science workflowsWorked with the AI governance framework balancing innovation with security, ethics, and accountability standards for AI-powered analytics
EDUCATION
University of Nottingham
BSc (Hons), Computer Science
SKILLS
ABOUT DARREN COPE
A resourceful, versatile, experienced security cleared technical resource capable of fulfilling Product Owner, Data Architect, Solution Architect, and Technical Consultant. Proven ability to work with a diverse set of stakeholders from users and user groups to C-level execs. A clear and effective communicator with great written and oral skills coupled with a broad range of experience gained over two decades creating solutions in the banking, utility, government, retail, and distribution sectors. KEY SKILLS• Creation of strategic solutions and design documents from high level requirements• Creation and management of cogent product roadmap whilst managing expectations of a wide range of stakeholders• Proven analytical mindset able to appraise problems and offer effective and innovative solutions• Strategic roadmap planning, resource planning, Team leader• Experience of working with remote and offshore teams• Ability to guide solutions through the full range of architecture, payment, live service gates • Published Author of mobile development bookMethodologiesAgile (Scrum and Kanban) DevelopmentWaterfall Development Rapid Application DevelopmentPrototyping TechnologiesAWS, Azure, Python, R, Go, Pega, Oracle 7-21c, Spark, Docker, Postgres, Redshift,
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