Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 · 11 mos · Remote

• Driving innovation in AI/ML deployment and optimization, I specialize in designing scalable, high-performance solutions that enhance enterprise adoption of generative AI technologies. At CentML, I focus on enabling efficient AI/ML inference and training across diverse hardware platforms, such as A100 and H100/H200 GPUs, TPU's, Infrentia and more ensuring cost-effective and energy-efficient outcomes for customers.
• Key contributions include:
• Developing cutting-edge demos: Showcasing CentML’s LLM deployment capabilities, including real-time serving, serverless endpoints, and seamless integration with enterprise systems.
• Optimizing performance: Leveraging compiler techniques and AI expertise to enhance throughput, reduce latency, and achieve industry-leading ROI for AI workloads.
• Customer enablement: Simplifying onboarding and driving adoption by mirroring the market’s API standards, enabling quick access to hosted endpoints for LLMs and other AI models.
• Strategic innovation: Collaborating with executives to refine strategies for positioning CentML as a leader in generative AI and LLM deployment.
• Passionate about accelerating AI’s impact, I work with world-class teams to deliver solutions that bridge the gap between cutting-edge research and real-world applications.

Jan 2021 – Jul 2024 · 3 yrs 6 mos · Austin, Texas, United States

• Spearheaded the development of comprehensive AI solutions, overseeing projects from initial data collection and analysis to model training, optimization, and deployment, ensuring seamless integration into client applications.
• Engineered robust, scalable AI frameworks that facilitated advanced data processing, machine learning model development, and real-time inference, significantly enhancing operational efficiency and decision-making capabilities for clients.
• Collaborated closely with cross-functional teams to tailor AI solutions to diverse industry requirements, emphasizing adaptability and security, particularly for clients in sensitive sectors such as defense, without compromising confidentiality or compliance standards.
• Led initiatives to incorporate cutting-edge AI technologies and methodologies, resulting in highly innovative solutions that set new benchmarks for performance and reliability in complex environments.
• Contributed to the establishment of best practices for AI solution development within the organization, mentoring junior engineers and fostering a culture of continuous learning and innovation.

Jan 2021 – Dec 2021 · 11 mos · Austin, Texas, United States

• Directed AI initiatives to integrate cutting-edge technologies, driving product innovation and competitive advantage.
• Fostered collaboration between R&D and engineering teams to streamline solution development and deployment.
• Inaugurated the Principal AI Architect role, establishing foundational practices for AI/ML solution development and deployment within the organization.
• Conceptualized and developed comprehensive demo and solutions collateral from the ground up, providing pivotal resources that showcased the capabilities and applications of cnvrg.io's AI/ML platform to potential clients.
• Engineered and implemented robust systems and frameworks necessary for the effective design, testing, and deployment of AI/ML solutions, significantly enhancing the company's ability to meet diverse customer needs efficiently.
• Played a crucial role in customer engagements, leveraging the developed demos and solutions to demonstrate the value and potential of AI/ML applications, leading to successful partnerships and project implementations.
• Fostered a culture of innovation and excellence, mentoring team members and contributing to strategic discussions on product development and market positioning, driving the company's growth in the competitive AI/ML landscape.

Jun 2020 – Jan 2021 · 7 mos · Austin, Texas

• Developed solutions for real-time data processing and analytics, significantly enhancing business intelligence capabilities.
• Provided expert consultation on AI and data governance, establishing trust and credibility with clients.

Apr 2019 – May 2020 · 1 yr 1 mo · Austin, Texas Area

• ▪ Solve complex IoT and AI business problems involving Data in Motion and Data at Rest using 100% open source state of
• the art software, including Hortonworks Data Platform and Cloudera Data Platform.
• ▪ Serve as the Architect and Engineer of end to end solutions that deliver immediate ROI from the Edge to AI.
• ▪ Trusted Advisor in areas ranging from embedded programming of IoT devices to real-time streaming analytics on sensor
• data and the SME of Data Science and Data Governance.
• ▪ Contributed code to enable time series functionality in Hortonworks product and created articles to lead community in
• developing IoT solutions.

Apr 2016 – Apr 2019 · 3 yrs

Sep 2015 – Apr 2016 · 7 mos · Austin, Texas

• ▪ Architect Big Data Analytics solutions for clients responsible for design, development, and communication of complex
• Data Science algorithms and implementations internally and externally.
• ▪ Serve as a thought leader for Big Data initiatives and participated in product roadmap planning and design.
• ▪ Developed Jupyter notebook integration to interact with Kyvos OLAP cubes and perform Data Science.
• ▪ Built OLAP demo using Kyvos and Jupyter notebooks to perform sentiment analysis on twitter steams.

May 2014 – Sep 2015 · 1 yr 4 mos

• ▪ Designed and deployed demos, POC's, and custom on-premise implementations for customers in all verticals.
• ▪ Engaged clients in technical discovery deep dives and presented final deliverables to customers and served as a SME for
• Hadoop, stream data processing, integration, analytics, and all things "Big Data."
• ▪ Assisted in closing significant opportunities by gathering customer success criteria, architecting the optimum solution, and
• owning POC and Demo lifecycle to delivery.
• ▪ Architected and developed automation for product deployment and developed AWS AMI for rapid sandbox deployment.

Nov 2013 – May 2014 · 6 mos

• ▪ Coordinated with developers to deliver quality code in an Agile environment, led development for Actian’s largest cloud
• integration, and developed selenium testing automation for UI.

Mar 2013 – Nov 2013 · 8 mos

• ▪ Developed Big Data Integration solutions to help clients extract value from their data faster and more efficiently and designed custom solutions from the ground up to meet the needs of clients using creative and innovative problem-solving.
• ▪ Communicated complex concepts to technical and nontechnical team members with customers’ needs a top priority.

Dec 2012 – Mar 2013 · 3 mos · Austin, Texas Area

• ▪ Tested and maintained rigorous quality assurance measures against R&D prototypes, communicating issues to the engineering team directly for rapid improvement of product.

Jan 2009 – Dec 2012 · 3 yrs 11 mos · Engineering Department Rapid Prototype Development Lab

• ▪ Spintronics research simulation and design of experiments
• ▪ Trained and certified in using laser cutters, water jets and CNC machines to develop POC models.
• ▪ Produced novel design & research in magnetic pulse welding applications on layered 3D printing.