Jeffrey Scholz Email & Phone Number

Please go to 8020cto.com to see offerings!Previously:I lead the video and computer vision deep learning (artificial intelligence) engineering team at Yahoo! Inc, New York. I architected the production software systems, set quarterly goals, lead the weekly sprints, write and review code, interview candidates, mentor and grow developers, coordinated numerous stakeholders, and made people laugh during my weekly presentations.My team won the company-wide 2017 MVP award for our fast innovation, patent applications, and entering new markets in less than 6 months.In 2018, spoke at the North American Broadcasting conference about the role of artificial intelligence in broadcasting (https://nab18.mapyourshow.com/7_0/sessions/speaker-details.cfm?speakerid=14515&CFID=20703836)In May 2018, I won the company-wide award for best marketplace analysis. I profiled competitors using SEC filings and other public information, condensing the information into actionable business strategies.In June 2018, I was nominated and appointed to be a "talent raiser" for Oath Inc. My role as a talent raiser is to sit on interview panels across the companies and ensure a uniformly high standard for candidate software engineers. I was chosen for my track record in identifying and hiring candidates who went on to be high performers. Fewer than 20 employees out of an organization of 14,000 were chosen for this role.As of March 2018, my Lending Club portfolio (using my automated proprietary model that runs in the cloud) has the highest Adjusted Net Annualized return (lowest default rate) for all Lending Club portfolios with 12 month or more seasoning, target interest rate 20-21%, with 500 notes or more. See image here: https://i.imgur.com/o3eAX7a.pngThroughout 2019 I drove efforts to improve video recommendations across Verizon Media's properties by launching new machine learning models and pipelines for video. This lead to multiple millions of dollars in increased revenue.Also in 2019, I lead the computer vision development (Visual-Intelligence) for Augmented Reality Stats which launched at the 2020 NFL Superbowl (https://www.verizon.com/about/news/verizon-and-nfl-partner-new-app)I am also an advisor for multiple startups. Please reach out if your startup or small company wants insight on recruiting talent and making the right technical decisions.

Listed skills include Matlab, Java, C, Python, and 18 others.