Richard Lawrence
Principal Fellow - Technology @Met Office
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WORK HISTORY
Principal Fellow - Technology @Met Office
A leading expert in highly scaled technology architecture. Led the specification and design of the highly acclaimed progressive approach to supercomputing at the Met Office. As Principal Fellow, Richard will work with technology vendors, the UK government and academia to shape the future direction of hard infrastructure within the environmental data landscape.
EDUCATION
Prifysgol Aberystwyth University
MEng (1st), Software Engineering
SKILLS
ABOUT RICHARD LAWRENCE
I am the Met Office Principal Fellow for Technology specialising in infrastructure. Accountable for overseeing the technical design and future direction of the Met Office data platforms. I have a focus on external engagement with the UK Government, Technology companies and the UK academic community. I am the Senior Responsible Owner for the Met Office Data Delivery programme. The aim of the programme is to ensure our environmental data is available, useful and discoverable for our customers. We will do this delivering data that consumers want, where they want it and how they want it.I was the Enterprise Architect for the £1.2bn Met Office Supercomputer 2020+ programme to deliver the largest Supercomputer dedicated to weather and climate research in the world. During the procurement phase I was the lead for the Data Centre, Connectivity and Scientific Compute Environment packages. I also oversaw the requirement capture and design of the active data archive. The archive is expected to handle 1PB of data archival a day with a maximum capacity of ~4 Exabytes.I have led teams creating the UK national infrastructure around National Severe Weather Warnings as well as services for the Defence, Aviation and Retail industries. Previously, I worked in the Research and Development team on predictive analytics solutions for a series of small companies specialising in HR and services for the police. I studied for a MEng in Software Engineering at Aberystwyth University and am a Chartered Engineer and Chartered IT Professional.
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