Sam Cormack
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Sam is our lead developer and also undertakes projects across the wider data science area, including those involving logistics optimisation and AI solutions.
He plays a key role in developing Scarlatti’s technology-enabled tools, including Confer and Vocina. His work in this area combines software development, mathematical modelling and AI-enabled solutions to create tools that are useful, reliable and grounded in real workflows.
Sam's projects often involve complex operational and planning decisions, where organisations need to optimise routes or schedules, test scenarios, or use data to understand the likely impact of different choices.
He enjoys making models of the world and building tools that help clients better understand their complexities into practical insight that improves the way they do things.
Sam holds a Doctorate in Physics from Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, and a Master of Science in Physics with First Class Honours from the University of Otago.