Tao Wang

Director of Engineering

Cary, North Carolina, United States17 yrs 3 mos experience

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Key Highlights

15 years in software engineering and machine learning.
PhD in Computer Science with multiple patents.
Expert in building scalable AI solutions.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Machine Learning and AI expert in the SaaS industry.

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Skills

Core Skills

Machine LearningAiComputer VisionData MiningParallel Computing

Other Skills

Embedded SystemsParallel AlgorithmsHigh Performance ComputingMatlabC++JavaLinuxAlgorithmsCSoftware DevelopmentShell ScriptingInformation RetrievalSignal ProcessingDistributed Systems

About

With over 15 years of experience in software engineering and machine learning, I have a passion for building scalable, reliable, and high-performance solutions that solve real-world problems and create value for our users and stakeholders. My core competencies include AI, machine learning, data mining, big data, parallel processing, computer vision, and software development. I have a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Alberta, and multiple patents in event prediction and object recognition systems. I have also led and contributed to cross-functional projects, teams, and research in these areas, working closely with product management, IT, data engineering, and other functions. I enjoy learning new technologies and sharing my knowledge and insights with others. I believe in the power of AI and machine learning to transform the way we communicate, learn, and grow.

Experience

17 yrs 3 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 5 mos

Average Tenure

4 yrs 3 mos

Current Experience

Surveymonkey

Director of Machine Learning

Jan 2022 – Present · 4 yrs 3 mos

Amazon web services (aws)

Software Development Manager

Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 · 1 yr

Managed cross-functional teams employing AI/ML techniques to detect code defects.
Successfully launched secrets detectors featured at 2021 AWS re:Invent and log4j detectors.

Machine LearningAI

Stats perform

Senior Manager - Machine Learning

Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 · 1 yr · Durham, North Carolina, United States

Lead the Stats Perform Machine Learning COE in ML platform, computer vision and AI services
Operationalize AI product dev and manage the lifecycle for models via ML platform, reduced model deployment time by 10X
Research and develop new CV models in detection and tracking, reduced AWS cost by 10x for certain CV models
Work closely with product management, IT and data engineering to provide business solutions through AI services
Lead cross-functional projects starting from understanding business needs to execution and go-to-market

Machine LearningComputer Vision

Sas

2 roles

Senior Manager - Machine Learning & Data Mining

Promoted

Jan 2013 – Jan 2020 · 7 yrs · Cary, North Carolina

Lead the SAS Enterprise Miner Predictive Modelling development team in research and implementation of cloud based data mining and machine learning algorithms that can solve complex big data problems
Lead the team through the transition from Waterfall to Agile Development including leading scrums and using JIRA for User Story tracking.
Support already released products and managing customer reported problems
Develop goals and prioritizes projects, monitor and ensure products/projects adhere to established practices and schedules
Provide regular status updates to upper management, provide technical leadership to the team
Direct and manage administrative aspects of the team, and conduct performance appraisals for direct reports. Encourage and foster individual professional growth, offer training opportunities to employees
Keep current on data mining and machine learning trends and standards, represent SAS in the DMG (Data Mining Group, dmg.org)

Data MiningMachine Learning