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Dynamic leader with extensive experience in driving organizations through innovative software solutions across diverse industries. Proven track record of transforming ideas from conception to deployment and support, specializing in strategic software architecture, design, and development using Python, Java, and C++.Extensive expertise in AI/ML vision projects, including the development of classification and vision-language models (VLM) for interpreting giga-pixel pathology images, as well as object detection models for real-time video stream processing. Proficient in both supervised and self-supervised learning techniques for feature extraction within high-dimensional data paradigms. Experienced in strategic leadership, leading development teams, and contributing technically to projects.Diverse industry experience, including medical (ML interpretation of giga-pixel pathology images, and real-time medical navigation systems), financial (low-latency proprietary trading systems) and field ops (AI object detection for edge-deployed video systems).As a member of the executive management team at Pathware, I am responsible for ML strategy development to pair with our proprietary hardware to address unmet clinical needs. I am responsible for all ML design, including clinical data ingestion, data duration with clinicians, leading team of ML and software engineers to develop data mining and model development pipelines, and custom software tool development.As a partner at MWD Trading, I engineered an ultra-low latency DMA high-frequency algorithmic trading system and helped oversee daily operations of trading team. Developed novel trading statistical techniques to develop new trading strategies.Co-founded medical device company developing lung navigation device. Developed software and quality system to obtained FDA clearance. Successful exit when the company was acquired by Olympus.Served as a principal software developer in the creation of a real-time brain and spine navigation system, contributing to the company’s growth from a 10-person startup to over $120MM in annual revenue, culminating in a successful acquisition by Medtronic.Specialties: ML model development and deployment (Python), image processing, ultra-low latency direct market access (ULLDMA) trading, ultra-low latency tick-to-trade implementations, FIX messaging protocol, and software architecture. Extensive OO software experience in Python, Java and C++, applying common design patterns, software best practices, agile development techniques, and formal software test methodologies.

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  Colorado School Of Mines

  Electrical Engineering