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Tomas Roope
Tomas Roope (born 20th August 1969) is a pioneering British digital media designer. He is an Honorary Royal Designer for Industry (awarded by the Royal Society of Arts), is in the BIMA Digital Hall of Fame, and has received an honorary doctorate from the University of Lincoln for his contribution to digital culture.

In 1995 Tomas co-founded Anitrom, a company which was awarded “The most Outstanding Contribution to Digital Culture” during Internet Week’s Digital Archaeology event. Antirom continued until 1999 when Tom went on to co-found Tomato Interactive. In 2007, Tomas founded The Rumpus Room to harness the power of co-creation. His work at The Rumpus Room was recognised by award bodies including D&AD, Cannes Lions, CLIOs, Brit Insurance Design of the Year and Campaign Media Awards.

In 2016 Tom became the Group Creative Lead for Google ZOO in EMEA, leading a team of 20+ creative technologists on Machine Learning projects. His work included Fabricius, a hieroglyphics translator that uses machine learning to decode ancient Egyptian language.

Tom left Google in 2019 to pursue his passion for combining creativity and machine learning as an independent consultant.