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Richard T.

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CTO at GridDuck
📍 London, England, United Kingdom

Richard is a hands-on engineering leader and the CTO at GridDuck, with over a decade of experience delivering complex software, hardware, and data platforms. An MMath graduate from Durham University, he specializes in cloud, IoT, and high-performance data pipelines, leading cross-functional teams to translate strategic goals into scalable, enterprise-ready solutions.

His personal projects reflect a deep interest in advanced technologies, specifically focusing on quantitative trading simulations. He applies machine learning and reinforcement learning techniques to virtual-market data, evaluating outcomes with sophisticated risk/reward metrics. This highlights a passion for data-driven problem-solving outside his primary professional responsibilities.

He architected and delivered an end-to-end cloud and data platform that processes approximately 50 million telemetry points per day.

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Experience
14 Years
Current Role
CTO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
London, England, United Kingdom
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Industrial IoT
Engineered and scaled an industrial IoT platform using custom embedded Linux, OTA updates, and multiple monitoring and control protocols in his role as CTO.
Scalable Cloud Architecture
Architected an end-to-end cloud platform on AWS capable of processing ~50M telemetry points daily while maintaining 99. 9% uptime.
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Career

Work history

5-2016
CTO
GridDuck
11-2015 - 5-2016
Co-Founder
Gigbloc
10-2012 - 11-2015
Senior Software Engineer
WIREWAX
10-2011 - 10-2012
Software Developer
Ocado
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Media appearances

CTO, Richard Tolley, Gives the Lowdown on GridDuck's Advanced Rules Launch. Featured in GridDuck Blog
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Education
2006 - 2010
MMath
Durham University
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Philip Morant School and College
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