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Jimmy Smith

@jimmysmith

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Senior Data Scientist specializing in AI solutions across industries.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I am seeking a role that fosters innovation and collaboration, where I can leverage my AI expertise to drive impactful solutions and contribute to cutting-edge projects.

With over 8 years of experience in building AI solutions across various industries, including Fintech, Healthcare, and Ecommerce, I have consistently achieved state-of-the-art accuracy while optimizing GPU power consumption and operational costs. My expertise spans Data Analytics, Business Intelligence, Agile methodologies, and Data Engineering, allowing me to deliver impactful results in complex environments.

In my current role as a Principal Consultant at SambaNova Systems, I design and deploy scalable AI solutions for enterprise clients, improving inference performance by up to 17%. My previous experience at EY involved engineering LLM-driven applications for Fortune 500 clients, where I contributed to significant engineering innovation initiatives. I thrive in collaborative settings, leading teams and managing million-dollar projects while staying aligned with the latest advancements in AI research.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Principal Consultant - Data & AI

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SambaNova Systems

Nov 2023 - Present (1 year 6 months)

Designed and deployed scalable AI solutions for enterprise clients, improving inference performance by up to 17%. Managed end-to-end model training and deployment, collaborating with teams to optimize AI systems and contribute to million-dollar projects.

Data Engineering Model Training Data Processing Collaboration Inference Performance Project Management Troubleshooting

Senior Data Scientist

Aug 2020 - Oct 2023 (3 years 2 months)

Engineered LLM-driven applications for Fortune 500 clients, streamlining diagnostic predictions and establishing a compute architecture for scalable workflows. Played a key role in market research and proposal drafting for AI-driven clinical use cases.

Docker Stochastic Differential Equations BigQuery Market Research Engineering Innovation

Data Scientist/NLP Engineer

Ford Motor Company

Jan 2020 - Aug 2020 (7 months)

Built NLP-based applications for sentiment analysis and text classification, improving customer support. Conducted data analysis to inform business strategies and implemented various models to enhance accuracy.

NLP Data Analysis Customer Support Python Deep Learning

Machine Learning Engineer

Bank of America

Jun 2019 - Jan 2020 (7 months)

Introduced an AI-driven system for form filling using NLP techniques, resulting in a 30% reduction in form completion time. Implemented algorithms for research projects in Quantitative Finance and classified fraud cases.

NLP AI Systems TensorFlow XGBoost Fraud Detection User Experience

AI Software Engineer

Cox Communications

Jan 2018 - May 2019 (1 year 4 months)

Designed a document scanning feature and applied advanced image filters for high-performance processing. Integrated AI-driven marketing automation and optimized mobile app navigation, enhancing user engagement.

Document Scanning Image Processing Marketing Automation User Engagement TensorFlow

Machine Learning Engineer

Lambda School, BloomTech

Oct 2016 - Dec 2017 (1 year 2 months)

Developed and maintained data pipelines for analysis, creating visualizations to provide actionable insights. Participated in team standups to coordinate project goals and support supervised machine learning models.

Data Pipelines Data Analysis Data Visualization Supervised Learning Models Team Collaboration Project Coordination Data Collection Storage

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

The University of the South

Bachelor's in Chemistry, Chemistry

Bachelor's in Chemistry with a focus on the Pre-Engineering Track. Related coursework included Computer Science, Linear Algebra, Multi-dimensional Calculus, Differential Equations, and Discrete Mathematics.