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@ -9,21 +9,25 @@ I'm James, I am a Chief Technology Officer and Software Engineer specialising in
- [What I do for work](#what-i-do-for-work)
- [What I do for fun](#what-i-do-for-fun)
## What I'm up to right now
I keep my [now](/now) page up to date with exactly where I'm at.
## What I do for work
- I've been freelancing and [building websites](https://web.archive.org/web/20051102052726/http://www.simssource.net/) since the mid 00s
- I started my full time career at IBM in 2011 in their [CICS transaction processing product](https://www.ibm.com/it-infrastructure/z/cics) before moving over to Watson where I was a customer-facing solutions architect which entailed helping other techies to use Watson APIs and services.
- In 2016 I left IBM to co-found [Filament](https://filament.ai), an AI & ML consultancy where I am currently CTO and Chief Data Scientist.
- I work for Filament 4 days a week, I oversee and manage our technical roadmap and strategy but I also keep my hands dirty and regularly deliver code for customers and for our products.
- I am also wrapping up my part time PhD which I've been working on under the dual supervision of [Prof. Maria Liakata](https://www.turing.ac.uk/people/researchers/maria-liakata) at the [Alan Turing Institute](https://www.turing.ac.uk/) [Dr Amanda Clare](https://users.aber.ac.uk/afc/) at Aberystwth University (where I finished my BSc in 2013).
- My main affiliation is with [University of Warwick](https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/dcs/) but I often crash Turing events and I've been known to visit Aberystwyth to give talks at careers events and departmental seminars.
- In 2016 I left IBM to co-found [Filament AI](https://filament.ai), an AI & ML consultancy where I am currently CTO and Chief Data Scientist. I oversee and manage our technical roadmap and strategy, but I also keep my hands dirty and regularly deliver code for customers and for our products.
- I am also wrapping up my part-time PhD which I've been working on under the dual supervision of [Prof. Maria Liakata](https://www.turing.ac.uk/people/researchers/maria-liakata) at the [Alan Turing Institute](https://www.turing.ac.uk/) [Dr Amanda Clare](https://users.aber.ac.uk/afc/) at Aberystwth University (where I finished my BSc in 2013).
- My main academic affiliation is with [University of Warwick](https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/dcs/) but, I often crash Turing events and, I've been known to visit Aberystwyth to give talks at careers events and departmental seminars.
## What I do for fun
- I'm a big fan of food - both cooking and eating it.
- I like to tinker with software and hardware (like [this talking moose head](/2016/06/05/blackgangpi-a-raspberry-pi-hack-at-blackgang-chine/)) in my spare time. I'm a big fan of open source culture including efforts to decentralise the web like [indieweb](https://indieweb.org/) and [the fediverse](https://fediverse.party/en/fediverse).
- I like to read, frequently science fiction and fantasy but the occasional pop-sci title or general fiction. I have historically tracked some of my reading over at [Goodreads](https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4547536-james-ravenscroft) but I plan to start tracking this stuff here via [indiebookclub](https://indiebookclub.biz/) and micropub.
- I like to read, frequently science fiction and fantasy but the occasional pop-sci title or general fiction. I have historically tracked some of my reading over at [Goodreads](https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4547536-james-ravenscroft) but I now keep track with [Bookwyrm](https://bookwyrm.social/user/jamesravey) and eventually I plan to start tracking this stuff here via [bookwyrm](https://indiebookclub.biz/) and micropub.
- I like to watch box sets and movies - my wife and I are [Cineworld Unlimited card](cineworld.co.uk/) holders.
- I've been playing saxophone (Alto and Tenor mainly) off-and-on since the early 2000s. I can also play a few chords on a guitar and I'll happily tinker with a piano/keyboard, harmonica and clarinet although don't ask me to play you a full track!
- Although I've not had time recently I did really enjoy [Lindyhop](/2015/06/28/bedford-place-vintage-festival/) - a 1920s style swing dance.