Blake Matthews Email & Phone Number

Lowell, Ar, Us

➢ Communicate Technical Understanding to Non-technical Team Members: Translate complex AI methodologies and project objectives using analogies and non-technical explanations, ensuring precise alignment and understanding across the team to improve annotation quality—leading to a decrease in hallucinations.➢ Extract | Transform | Load: Automated metrics report creation utilizing PowerQuery, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), Excel, and Tableau to reduce the monthly time for report creation by nearly 100 employee hours each month (once approved and implemented by all DLA Vs) leading to cost savings equivalent to 1 Full Time DLA II➢ Remote Work Communication: Communicate effectively within a remote team spanning four timezones using synchronous and asynchronous communication to keep team members informed of changes through flexible communication strategies➢ Consistently Exceeded KPI Expectations: Consistently in the top 20% of scores on relevant performance expectations for output and quality

Audit the quality of work output from data annotators and reviewers.Evaluate and rate human and AI responses to complex math and logic problems.Identify flaws in AI logic and provide feedback used for training datasets.Work to minimize hallucinations by grounding the model via acting as a source of truth.

Python script developed to automate the process of generating synthetic data procedurally to distill knowledge from various sources into a million-token dataset used for fine-tuning.Develop Proof of Concept for AI powered eLearning solution - pyTutorGPT - A Finetuned AI Model trained on a custom synthetic dataset to become the best python tutor around. Built azure environmentDeployed Generative AI models in azure ai studioBuilt automated process for developing sythetic data collection and cleaning.Fine-tuned open-source and commercial gpt-based AI models (llama, ChatGPT, Gemma).Deployed LLMs locally to enhance development activities.

Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States

Data Analysis and Statistics: Instructed students on the use of Python Pandas and MatPlotLib for use with Jupyter Notebooks to learn data analysis and visualization concepts. Python Programming: Instructed beginner to intermediate programming students in python up to and including object-oriented programming principles AI Development: Led students to create chatGPT API wrapper chatbots to make chatbots with their characters. I assisted advanced students in understanding the hugging face, panda, pytorch, and peft libraries to create Lora adapters to fine-tune Gemma 2b on open-source datasets.Web Development: Led students in creating portfolio sites using Django, HTML, CSS, and Bootstrap to showcase a portfolio of their work, leading to multiple interviews, scholarship offers, and internships.

Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States

Team Leadership & Development: Spearheaded the coaching of multiple small teams with some teams going on to achieve impressive placement within the central time zone region as well as others who achieved back to back state titlesConflict Resolution & Communication: Facilitated effective interpersonal communication among team members, successfully mediating conflicts and instilling collaboration skills essential for high-stakes competition.Technical Administration & Infrastructure: Conceived and executed the establishment of a dedicated gaming lab, ensuring optimal performance through regular software patches and hardware updates.

Ready-Enough? I have recognized a need for more computer science information in Arkansas. Our new State level Facilitators are great... but they can't be every where.Developed and shared resources and curriculum to enhance computer science accross the state of Arkansas. Reached readers in over a dozen countries

Washington Junior High

Developed and Implemented a computer science program utilizing c, c++, and python which introduced over 1500 students to the power of computer science fundamentals. Previous students are employed at multiple FAANGs.Grew program to 3 FTE positions due to demand

Technical Services: Focused on meeting customer needs by offering comprehensive PC troubleshooting and repair services along with custom system design and installationWeb & Marketing Services: Provided end-to-end web solutions, including website hosting and design, complemented by matching promotional materials to enhance brand identityNetworking Solutions: Delivered Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) networking services, including setup, maintenance, and troubleshooting.

4 day a week Internship teaching science while balancing a 15 credit hour graduate courseload. Maintained 3.9 GPA

Master Of Science - Ms, Information Technology

Specialization in Python/AI, Cybersecurity and Risk Management. Graduate research in Agentic AI development. Created a process.

Graduate Certificate, Information Technology

Graduate Certificate in Information Technology with a specialization in Python Scripting and Cybersecurity/Risk Management.

Postgraduate Coursework, Leadership

Non-degree seeking graduate coursework in Leadership

Master Of Arts In Teaching (Mat), Secondary Education And Teaching

Activities and Societies: Socratic Society

B.A., Psychology, Philosophy