Dr Sean Blanchflower joined his current team in 2000 immediately following post-doctoral studies in mathematics at the University of Cambridge. Since 2004, he has been Head of Research and Development working on Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s Big Data platform. Based in Cambridge, UK, and managing teams across the UK, North America and EMEA, Dr Blanchflower has a PhD in Applied Mathematics and an MA and MMath in Mathematics from Trinity College, Cambridge.