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Neil R.

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Head of Artificial Intelligence at Snake Oil Essence Co.
📍 Derby, England, United Kingdom

Neil is a Principal Application Security Engineer at ClearBank with over 25 years of experience specializing in. NET and Microsoft Azure. A graduate of the University of Derby, he holds a Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) certification. Colleagues describe him as proactive, technically adept, and a strategic thinker, currently focused on governing AI usage within his organization.

Outside of work, Neil dedicates his free time to personal coding endeavors, most notably his "Triage-Saurus" project. He is passionate about improving developer workflows, often sharing technical advice with the community, such as how to resolve performance issues with Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), and invests his own money into tools like Copilot to advance his projects.

He is building his own open-source project, "Triage-Saurus, " to analyze repositories and automate security triage processes.

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Experience
22 Years
Current Role
Head of Artificial Intelligence
Job Level
Senior
Location
Derby, England, United Kingdom
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AI Security Governance
He is currently evaluating solutions to govern AI and MCP usage and has publicly commented on the "naivety and false assurance" companies have regarding AI risks.
Security Tooling
He has hands-on experience replacing major security platforms, having led a successful migration from Snyk to Aikido, and has an interest in vulnerability scanning tools like Trivy.
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Career

Work history

4-2026 - 4-2026
Head of Artificial Intelligence
Snake Oil Essence Co.
3-2024
The Center for GenAIOps Ambassador
The Centre For GenAIOps
8-2021
Principal Application Security Engineer
ClearBank
7-2021 - 8-2021
Operations Expert | Azure | .Net
Netcompany
1-2020 - 7-2021
Lead Developer /Azure SRE (Security Clearance)
Netcompany
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Education
9-2002 - 7-2006
BSc Hons
University of Derby
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