As senior executive in machine learning, I build world-class teams in ML, AI, optimization and quantum computing, and I focus on commercializing innovative technologies from inception to market release. My extensive ML experience includes a unique combination of business, technology development, and pure and applied research.At Sanctuary I support a talented team of scientists, engineers and developers in our pursuit of human-like AI for control of humanoid robots.As SVP of Machine Learning at D-Wave Systems, I built the Quadrant.AI business unit, and successfully sold and delivered multiple consulting engagements where we won several global benchmarks including the Cataracts Computer Vision Challenge. Prior to forming this business unit, I led a group of researchers and software engineers developing the first applications for quantum computing hardware. Our technology has been covered in Science, Nature, and Time. I have over 20 granted US patents in a variety of domains including ML, optimization, constraint satisfaction, and quantum computing.Before D-Wave I was a Senior Scientist at NASA where I started a machine learning group. I was responsible for basic research, funding the group, cultivating relationships within NASA, and developing ML applications for NASA's data sets. Before NASA I was VP Software at Bios Group, where I led a team of 30 scientists to deliver projects to executives at Fortune 500 companies and government agencies.My Ph.D. is in theoretical physics from the University of Toronto where I studied models of superconductivity. I began my career in machine learning with post-doctoral study at the Santa Fe Institute, where I co-authored the "No Free Lunch" Theorems which are still referenced in ML courses and literature today.Keywords: machine learning, ML, robotics, deep learning, graphical models, technical management, technical sales, variational inference, quantum algorithms, artificial intelligence, AI, unsupervised learning