Rafal is an IT veteran whose career began at the end of the mainframe era, even before he earned his computing degrees from Imperial College London in the 1990s. He was also one of the directors of Tecflix and Project Botticelli.

As a well-known speaker at major IT conferences since 1998, Rafal has had the honour of sharing keynote platforms with Bill Gates and Neil Armstrong. He is a natural educator, able to explain complex concepts in simple, engaging terms.

Outside his professional interests in data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence, Rafal is an avid photographer specialising in black-and-white, film-based silver-gelatin photography. You can see his work at rafal.net.