Finlay is the Director of Data Science at Dragonfly Data Science. Finlay leads the technical direction of Dragonfly’s work, with a strong focus on reproducible methods and open source technologies. He believes automated approaches can massively increase the quality, productivity, and accuracy of analytical systems, and bring significant savings to clients.
Finlay researched four-dimensional algebra and geometry for his PhD in mathematics at SISSA, Italy. He completed post-docs at CIMAT in Mexico and Victoria University of Wellington, then worked as a database and software developer before joining Dragonfly in 2008. He is experienced in Bayesian analysis and statistical modelling.