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Led the research, development, implementation, and deployment of AI/ML/DS applications.Rapidly prototyped AI/ML projects, evaluated/compared alternatives, developed roadmaps.Adapted to evolving requirements and managed project expectations to meet needs/deadlines.Modified existing state of the art models to deliver results that exceeded client expectations.Delivered AI/ML pipelines that achieved fast and accurate task execution.Advised clients… Show more Led the research, development, implementation, and deployment of AI/ML/DS applications.Rapidly prototyped AI/ML projects, evaluated/compared alternatives, developed roadmaps.Adapted to evolving requirements and managed project expectations to meet needs/deadlines.Modified existing state of the art models to deliver results that exceeded client expectations.Delivered AI/ML pipelines that achieved fast and accurate task execution.Advised clients, leadership, and colleagues on AI capabilities, limitations, and implications.Implemented 10x high-speed video processing pipelines to extract actionable information.Developed a high-fidelity simulation optimization to enhance client safety and effectiveness.Analyzed hardware specs to tailor solutions to available resources.Navigated speed-accuracy trade-off to find optimal balance for our applications.Effectively leveraged custom components and available tools/libraries.Devised algorithms to probabilistically evaluate extracted data. Show less

Ottawa, Canada Area

Software Architect - Big Data & ML (September 2018 - December 2019) (Ericsson)Chief Data Scientist (May 2016 - September 2018) (CENX)Chief Architect (Acting) (August 2015 - May 2016) (CENX)Analytics Team: Architect, Team Lead, Developer (April 2014 - August 2015) (CENX)Designed distributed architecture for streaming analytics and incremental topology updates.Collaborated to ensure system was scalable, highly available, reliable, and maintainable.System… Show more Software Architect - Big Data & ML (September 2018 - December 2019) (Ericsson)Chief Data Scientist (May 2016 - September 2018) (CENX)Chief Architect (Acting) (August 2015 - May 2016) (CENX)Analytics Team: Architect, Team Lead, Developer (April 2014 - August 2015) (CENX)Designed distributed architecture for streaming analytics and incremental topology updates.Collaborated to ensure system was scalable, highly available, reliable, and maintainable.System processed 50M+ points/hour across 70k network services with 10M entities.Worked with key stakeholders to understand competing priorities and clarify design intent.Coordinated with managers to communicate design, plan product roadmap, and evaluate risks.Researched and prototyped techniques for anomaly detection and predictive analytics.Fostered adoption of new technologies and designs for our distributed system architecture.Strengthened team’s skills and cohesion with training sessions and programming challenges.Inventor on 2 patents. Completed courses at Databricks, Coursera, and Nvidia. Show less

Ottawa, Canada Area

Led research and development of several autonomous financial trading strategies, with an emphasis on making them accurate and robust. 8k trades per year, $1B annual turn over.Project lead for the design and implementation of internal libraries and tools that streamlined strategy deployment and facilitated portfolio management, saving time and reducing errors.Topics explored include portfolio analysis, multivariate analysis, Monte Carlo simulations, robust analysis, various forms… Show more Led research and development of several autonomous financial trading strategies, with an emphasis on making them accurate and robust. 8k trades per year, $1B annual turn over.Project lead for the design and implementation of internal libraries and tools that streamlined strategy deployment and facilitated portfolio management, saving time and reducing errors.Topics explored include portfolio analysis, multivariate analysis, Monte Carlo simulations, robust analysis, various forms of statistical and outlier analysis, spectral, fractal, and wavelet analysis.Collaborated with colleagues to develop ideas and help make them work. Show less

Ottawa, Canada Area

Junior Engineer, Sonar Team (May 2005 to March 2006)Algorithms Assistant, Sonar Team (May to December 2003, and May to August 2004)Developed detection, tracking, and classification algorithms for a scuba terrorist detection system.Doubled efficiency of key algorithms, contributed novel data visualizations, and validated implementation of acoustic beam forming equations.Analyzed target data, improving probability of detection and minimizing false alarms.