Laura Sobola joins RIVIAM as lead developer

We are thrilled to welcome Laura to the RIVIAM team.

She brings a fantastic combination of NHS industry experience, technical know-how and leadership skills. Laura is also an advocate for responsible innovation which aligns with RIVIAM's vision and mission to introduce technology that improves lives.

We're looking forward to her input and contributions.

Strengthening our team

At RIVIAM, we have a great team and it's teamwork, continuous effort, a customer-first attitude and a strong commitment to NHS digital innovation that is enabling our business to grow at pace.

This year, as England's premier provider of digital school-aged immunisation services, we're expecting to support vaccinations for over 1 million children. And we continue to provide support 24/7 for a growing number of referrals for children and adult community services across many regions.

Laura will strengthen and enhance our team, focus and growth.

Background and skills

Laura started her career as an academic gaining a PhD in Computational Biochemistry at the University of Oxford. Following this, she became a Data Engineer for Oxford NanoImaging. She later joined Unai Ltd (previously Elucidata) as a Senior Engineer and Data Scientist.

She is a full-stack developer and her skills span Python, Web development, DevOps, data engineering, data science and machine learning.

Speaker and contributor

Laura is a Data Fellow for the South West Creative Tech Network and Co-lead One Health Tech, Bristol Hub.

She also speaks on data science and tech ethics.

We're looking forward to hearing her speeches include RIVIAM as an example of great innovation for the NHS!