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Sam Skipsey is employed with the GridPP project, serving as Project Manager since 2021 and heading the Storage Group since 2020. He has an academic background in Quantum Optics and has shifted focus to e-Science and Grid Computing. Sam possesses a strong interest in scientific computing, the ethics of science, and multidisciplinary approaches within academia. He co-leads the University’s Community of Practice for Decolonising the Curriculum and is the School's contact for decolonial practice. Additionally, he is passionate about sports prediction, rating systems, ranking tournament scheduling, and equity in sporting contexts, holding volunteer positions such as a permanent member of the Roller Derby World Cup Committee since 2017 and the RDWC Liaison for the Roller Derby Nations Committee. He has contributed to various policy documents promoting equity among borderless diasporic nations and has advised the Women’s Flat Track Roller Derby Association on ranking systems.