Colin Jarvis

Colin Jarvis leads Forward Deployed Engineering at OpenAI, where his team works with customers to put AI systems into production, tackle difficult operational problems, and carry lessons from deployments back to product and research. He also serves as CTO of SB OAI Japan, supporting enterprise AI deployment in Japan. In 2025, he founded OpenAI’s forward-deployed engineering team.

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Based in: Glasgow
Elsewhere

SB OAI Japan

Nov 2025 — Present

Chief Technology Officer

OpenAI

Head of Forward Deployed Engineering
Jan 2025 — Present
Head of Solution Architecture, Strategics
Aug 2024 — Dec 2024
Principal Solutions Architect
Mar 2024 — May 2024

PASS

Nov 2021 — May 2022

Head of Product & Data

University of Hull

Master's studies

University of Edinburgh

Master's studies

St. George's School

Products & media

sb-oai.co.jp

Building enterprise AI at SB OAI Japan

openai.com

What FDE Means at OpenAI

Jarvis explains how his team works with customers to solve deployment challenges and turn lessons from real-world use into improvements for products and research.

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dhbr.diamond.jp

構想と実装の「空白」を埋めるエンジニア

A conversation with Jarvis and a SB OAI Japan engineering leader about moving enterprise AI from concept to production and building trust in deployments.

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open.spotify.com

Trust. Product. Impact.

Jarvis discusses enterprise AI deployments, earning trust in production systems, and how customer work informs OpenAI’s product roadmap.

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dldnews.com

Redefining Intelligence: How Reasoning Is Re-Shaping AI in 2025

In a DLD presentation, Jarvis discusses reasoning, AI agents, and testing AI systems in real-world use, with a multimodal demonstration.

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Colin Jarvis

SB OAI Japan

OpenAI

Head of Forward Deployed Engineering

Head of Solution Architecture, Strategics

Principal Solutions Architect

PASS

University of Hull

University of Edinburgh

St. George's School

Products & media

Building enterprise AI at SB OAI Japan

What FDE Means at OpenAI

構想と実装の「空白」を埋めるエンジニア

Trust. Product. Impact.

Redefining Intelligence: How Reasoning Is Re-Shaping AI in 2025

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