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An analytical, self-motivated, and collaborative Senior Machine Learning Professional with extensive experience providing strategic leadership and solution support to high-performance teams in the energy, telecommunications, finance, and consulting sectors. • Broad experience using ML/ AI to create solutions for clients and companies in multiple industries. Ability to leverage a diverse skillset in Computing, Physics, Finance, Robotics, DS, and ML to frame/reframe problems and drive solution delivery in a diverse set of environments.• Proficient in communication, liaising, and leadership. Proven ability to establish a positive rapport with clients, colleagues, & other professionals while leading solution delivery.• Proven ability to build performant end-to-end solutions as a Research Director, Quantitative Strategist, Trader, Software Developer, Data Scientist, and ML Engineer.• Pioneered ML research in Geophysical applications, R&D, and implementation of new technologies, including developing an award-winning algorithm to predict hydrocarbon-bearing porosity from seismic data that began as early as 1991.• Expertise in advanced Data Science techniques, ML, Deep Learning, real-time streaming, writing and building models/ platforms, and other AI-driven innovations.Some of my notable accomplishments include:• Created a parallel distributed Evolutionary Strategy-based model induction tool that became the basis for a Fund of Funds that was ranked #3 in the world on a risk-adjusted basis by Managed Accounts Report. It had assets under management of US$600 Million and a Sharpe ratio of 3.05 for the prior 3-year period.• Performed market microstructure R&D to induce adaptive Neural Networks with high Sharpe ratios, and built a parallel, reactive, self-healing high-frequency algorithmic trading platform on which they ran, and that was co-located on the New York Stock Exchange.• R&D of a hybrid ML system for automatic porosity prediction from seismic data that resulted in my receiving Mobil Oil Corporation's Pegasus Elite Award for Outstanding Achievement and a work assignment at Mobil's Dallas Research LabOver time, I developed a passion for robotics. This gave me exposure to:• PhantomX hexapod robot• Dynamixel AX-18A servos• Reinforcement Learning (Ray RLLib, OpenAI Stable Baselines3)• OpenAI gym / Farama Foundation Gymnasium• Physics engines (PyBullet, MuJoCo)• ROS2• Instrumentation (time-of-flight camera, LIDAR, touch sensors, etc...)• CAD (Fusion360, Alibre Design, OnShape)

Listed skills include Quantitative Investing, High Frequency Trading, Trading Strategies, Machine Learning, and 46 others.