About Us - Machine Learning Programs

A Company with Purpose

We offer machine learning and artificial intelligence services to the general insurance and financial markets.

We help businesses like yours, capture data and turn it into a valuable business asset. From early stage machine learning education to code-face programming, the team at MLP can assist you wherever you may need it.

With offices located in Amsterdam, our 10-strong team, all of whom hold Doctorates, Masters or Degrees in Data Science, is led by David Langerveld and overseen by our Chief Data Science Officer, Breanndán Ó Nualláin. The team works on the algorithms that power our products. All our products are built to purpose and perform better than ‘off the shelf’ solutions. In an industry where 1% is a lot of capital, that is crucial.

Founded in 2018, we are now part of the Open GI Group. Whilst remaining independent and offering solutions to all platforms, MLP benefits from vast stores of anonymised historical data.

Find out more about MLP and Open GI

Our offices are located within the Startup Village (pictured above) in the Amsterdam Science Park. The village is made from refurbished shipping containers, reconstructed and welded together with garden laid on the roofs for insulation and seating during the summer.

Meet our Founders

Tom MurphyChief Executive Officer

A serial entrepreneur, Tom has been behind some of the largest websites in Ireland. Years of experience of running coding teams and projects gives him the ability to operate in the code mines with DBAs and coders as happily as presenting to a board of directors.

Julian HollowaySales Director

With 50 years in the finance industry and decades of board level experience, Julian is well known in the insurance sector. As an FCA-approved director, he brings invaluable regulatory and industry insight to the team.

Breanndán Ó Nualláin Chief Data Science Officer

Breanndán, our Certified DPO, is a lecturer at the University of Amsterdam where he teaches Machine Learning and Data Sciences. With 30 years of experience and over 1,000 citations in academic papers, he informs the team’s deep understanding of the area of machine learning.

Meet our Data Scientists

David LangerveldHead Data Scientist

David holds an MSc in Data Science. Before working at MLP, David has worked on predicting the spreading of influenza and predictive maintenance for aircraft components. In his spare time he teaches machine learning to undergraduate students, but can most likely be found in a swimming pool or exploring the Alps.

Tim LoderhoseData Scientist

Tim previously worked on predictive maintenance in the process industry, and spends his free time creating guitar effects with neural networks. He holds a BSc and MSc in Data Science from the universities of Maastricht and Edinburgh.

Luke RothwellData Scientist

Luke has been a member of the data science team at MLP since July 2019. He studied for a B.A. in Mathematics at Trinity College Dublin, graduating with a first-class honours degree. Luke has experience of working in the pharmaceutical and financial sectors, having completed internships in pharmaceutical statistics at Statsols and corporate finance at Deloitte.

Laura TenderoData Scientist

Laura has been a Data Scientist at MLP since April 2020. She holds a BS in Mathematics and an MS in Data Analysis from the University of Valencia. Laura has previously worked in different sectors such as health insurance, banks, cosmetics and beverages companies, where she has applied her knowledge in machine learning to successfully improve the business interests.

Christopher MadsenData Scientist

Chris holds a BSc in Artificial Intelligence and has previously worked as a Data Scientist within ecommerce. As a Junior Data Scientist, Chris is very keen on learning as much as possible and applying his cutting-edge skillset. His unique talent is turning coffee into machine learning models.

Pranav MohantyData Scientist

Pranav holds an MSc in Astronomy Research from Leiden University and previously worked as a data scientist in the agro-tech field, during which he applied a mix of spectroscopy, image analysis, and machine learning to his work. He is also an avid tennis enthusiast, remains a passionate advocate of science, and loves to travel.

Our Internship Programme

We have an ongoing cooperation with Amsterdam University College (https://www.auc.nl). Each June, students from AUC’s Information Track with an emphasis on machine learning have the opportunity to follow a month-long Internship Programme with us.

The programme begins with a one-day workshop where the students get an overview of the insurance industry and how modern methods of Data Science can be applied. The students are then divided into teams, each of which is given an applied, real-world project. Each team has access to one of our Data Scientists and a junior for guidance and feedback throughout the month. We close the month with a final results and presentations day, concluding with beers and pizzas (COVID regulations permitting) outdoors at the Startup Village (weather permitting).

Even pre-COVID, we developed a set of methods for working and communication which are flexible enough so that we can work together in the office, completely remotely or anywhere along the spectrum between the two. As a result, we are fully prepared to run the June 2021 Internship Programme remotely. We hope however that, with COVID regulations being relaxed gradually, we can run it in person at the Startup Village, taking whatever precautions are required.

Contact us to find out more

A Company with Purpose

We offer machine learning and artificial intelligence services to the general insurance and financial markets.

We help businesses like yours, capture data and turn it into a valuable business asset. From early stage machine learning education to code-face programming, the team at MLP can assist you wherever you may need it.

With offices located in Amsterdam, our 10-strong team, all of whom hold degrees or Masters in Data Science, is led by David Langerveld and overseen by our Chief Data Science Officer, Breanndán Ó Nualláin.

The team works on the algorithms that power our products. All our products are built to purpose and perform better than ‘off the shelf’ solutions. In an industry where 1% is a lot of capital, that is crucial.

Founded in 2018, we are now part of the Open GI Group. Whilst remaining independent and offering solutions to all platforms, MLP benefits from vast stores of anonymised historical data.

Find out more about MLP and Open GI

Meet our Founders

Tom MurphyChief Executive Officer

A serial entrepreneur, Tom has been behind some of the largest websites in Ireland. Years of experience of running coding teams and projects gives him the ability to operate in the code mines with DBAs and coders as happily as presenting to a board of directors.

Julian HollowaySales Director

With 48 years in the finance industry and decades of board level experience, Julian is well known in the insurance sector. As an FCA-approved director, he brings invaluable regulatory and industry insight to the team.

Breanndán Ó Nualláin Chief Data Science Officer

Breanndán is a lecturer at the University of Amsterdam where he teaches Machine Learning and Data Sciences. With 30 years of experience and over 1,000 citations in academic papers, he informs the team’s deep understanding of the area of machine learning.

Meet our Data Scientists

David LangerveldHead Data Scientist

David holds an MSc in Data Science. Before working at MLP, David has worked on predicting the spreading of influenza and predictive maintenance for aircraft components. In his spare time he teaches machine learning to undergraduate students, but can most likely be found in a swimming pool or exploring the Alps.

Georgios MethenitisData Scientist

Georgios holds a PhD degree from the Delft University of Technology where he conducted research on multi-agent systems, strategy-proof market mechanisms, emergent-behavior of buyers in markets, and learning in competitive scenarios.

Luke RothwellData Scientist

Luke has been a member of the data science team at MLP since July 2019. He studied for a B.A. in Mathematics at Trinity College Dublin, graduating with a first-class honours degree. Luke has experience of working in the pharmaceutical and financial sectors, having completed internships in pharmaceutical statistics at Statsols and corporate finance at Deloitte.

Laura TenderoData Scientist

Laura has been a Data Scientist at MLP since April 2020. She holds a BS in Mathematics and an MS in Data Analysis from the University of Valencia. Laura has previously worked in different sectors such as health insurance, banks, cosmetics and beverages companies, where she has applied her knowledge in machine learning to successfully improve the business interests.