Tom Cunningham

Tom Cunningham is a data scientist currently working at OpenAI since December 2023, with previous experience as a senior staff data scientist at Twitter from October 2021 to November 2022. Prior to that, Tom held various roles at Facebook, including economist and data scientist within the core data science team from August 2015 to December 2020. Tom's academic background includes positions as a visiting associate at Caltech, assistant professor at Stockholm University, postdoctoral scholar at Tel Aviv University, and postdoc and visiting fellow at Harvard University, along with a PhD candidacy at the London School of Economics, completing an MRes/PhD in Economics and a preceding MSc in Economics. Tom also holds a BA(H) in philosophy from the University of Otago and has consulting experience with Zoopla and contracting at Europe Economics.