Michael Roche

Michael Roche

Undergraduate Research Assistant

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  • About me

    Senior MLOps Engineer at BT Group

  • Education

    • The University of Sheffield

      2016 - 2020
      BSc Theoretical Physics Theoretical and Mathematical Physics 1st Class Honours
  • Experience

    • The University of Sheffield

      Jun 2018 - Aug 2018
      Undergraduate Research Assistant

      Over eight weeks I worked within Dr. Pieter Kok's Quantum Information research group developing a new quantum entanglement generation protocol. This involved both analytical calculations and simulations and analysis within Python. This research internship was of postgraduate level while I was completing my undergraduate studies, and despite this I was accepted on without having completed the requisite classes. I managed to quickly learn the necessary mathematics, develop a proposal for a novel quantum-optical procedure, and prove its efficacy. Show less

    • CreativeData Consulting

      Jul 2019 - Aug 2019
      Junior Developer

      During my time at the start-up CreativeData Consulting, I was introduced to some core data science ideas and principles. For my first two weeks I familiarised myself with R and learned the basic principles of web scraping and data cleaning. For the remaining time I taught myself how to create and design chatbots using the Amazon Web Service (AWS) online documentation. Using the AWS infrastructure, in particular Amazon Lex and Amazon Lambda, I designed a chatbot to book phone calls and meetings, to send email confirmation and to update calendar appointments. Show less

    • BT Group

      Apr 2021 - now

      As a junior data scientist, I worked within BT Consumer's integrated marketing teams. We launched campaigns centred around understanding customers and improving the customer experience. I applied machine learning techniques to the customer data and helped support the non-technical stakeholders with advice on the data science solutions and outcomes. While working within the marketing teams, I built and deployed several models, including recommendation models for EE handsets and SIMs, a dynamic pricing model for BT broadband, and a churn propensity model for BT broadband. I developed the majority of models in AWS using Python and SQL, but also had some experience model building in GCP. Show less

      • Senior MLOps Engineer

        Jul 2024 - now
      • MLOps Engineer

        Jan 2023 - Jul 2024
      • Junior Data Scientist

        Apr 2021 - Jan 2023
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Machine Learning (Coursera)

      Stanford University
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Michael Roche
      The Ann Woodham Memorial Prize The Department of Physics and Astronomy Jul 2020 Awarded to the student with the ‘best example of the qualities of diligence and commitment'.