Graham White

Graham is the technical leader for a small tactical team within IBM Research, based in the UK (Winchester) and the US (New York). He focuses on delivering highly polished and engaging technical experiences for visiting IBM customers, whether in-person at an IBM Research Think Lab location or online/remote. He does this through the rapid development of demonstrative solutions that show the latest and up-and-coming technologies in their best light. His goal is to make emerging technologies understandable, tangible and compelling. Graham is part of the wider Research Incubation organisation and as such regularly contributes to the development of the latest IBM Research technologies, both internally and through open source.

Graham has been an IT Professional and Computer Scientist since the year 2000 when he started working for IBM. Graham is a senior technical leader, certified at Thought Leader level of the IBM Technical Specialist profession and IBM Developer Profession. He is also professionally registered as a Chartered Engineer and is a Fellow of the Institute for Engineering and Technology (IET). He focuses on Emerging Technologies with a wide range of interests including AI/ML, Deep Learning and Data Science, Distributed Computing, Natural Language Processing, Speech to Text, Modelling and Full Stack Web Development. He is a certified Linux expert, having experience in a wide range of areas associated with operating systems, applications, services and security. He regularly uses a variety of machine learning platforms and libraries to solve complex client requirements across a range of problem areas in different industries. Graham enjoys working in the gap between pure research and business-as-usual, something akin to applied research, by looking for opportunities to apply bleeding edge technologies for the first time on real client engagements. Before work, Graham spent 5 years studying business and IT related subjects to degree level.