Tom Grace & Darren Cope

Tom has been building infrastructure for longer than he would like to admit. His current focus is on creating an environment where people are empowered to make technology work for them, in the way they need it to.

Darren is a Posit SME at HMRC where he is part of a team leading the overhaul of the analytical ecosystem, moving away from expensive vendor analytical tools to the innovative and fast moving world of open source and now AI. Outside of work I can be found walking my energetic Standard Poodles or riding up a hill.

I'm a data science educator and community builder who wants to help you cultivate a community of practice for yourself. I talk a lot about the benefits of making genuine human connections, the power of vulnerability, and why we all benefit when we show up as our whole selves. I'm also the host of the Data Humans podcast where my motto is: data science is not one thing.

I love connecting people across the data science community to share what they're accomplishing with data and help others do the same through community discussions, industry meetups, and more.