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Andrew Garrow

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Head of Software Development - Data Science and AI at Tesco
📍 Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom

Andrew leads software engineering for Data Science and AI at Tesco, focusing on productionizing machine learning solutions. With a PhD from the University of Leeds and expertise in data platforms, he has a strong record of driving delivery. Colleagues describe him as a great mentor, team player, and an effective leader.

As a keen technologist, Andrew is passionate about leveraging data to solve real-world problems and helping organizations achieve their goals. He believes success is rooted in building and empowering diverse, high-performing teams, and he maintains a strong commercial focus in his work.

He won the top "Inventors of the Year Award" at Thomson Reuters for an application that mines social media to study medical drugs.

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Experience
19 Years
Current Role
Head of Software Development - Data Science and AI
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom
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Productionizing ML
His current role at Tesco and past roles at Elsevier have focused on leading engineering teams to deploy machine learning and data science solutions at scale.
Disruptive AI
He shows a keen interest in the disruptive potential of Large Language Models (LLMs) like GPT and their impact on major business models like search.
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Career

Work history

5-2021
Head of Software Development - Data Science and AI
Tesco
1-2020 - 3-2021
Senior Director of Software Engineering - Data Integration and Analytics
Elsevier
1-2016 - 1-2020
Director of Software Engineering - Content Enrichment
Elsevier
1-2015 - 1-2016
Director, Professional Services - Big Data
Thomson Reuters
1-2012 - 1-2015
Manager, Technology Product Development - Text Analytics
Thomson Reuters
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Education
Tackling the Challenges of Big Data - Online course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
PhD
University of Leeds
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