Jimmy Smith
@jimmysmith
Senior Data Scientist specializing in AI solutions across industries.
What I'm looking for
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
Principal Consultant - Data & AI
SambaNova Systems
Nov 2023 - Present (1 year 7 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.
Senior Data Scientist
EY
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Fivetran
Apache Spark
Talend
Google Cloud Platform
GitHub
Bitbucket
Kubernetes
NumPy
Pandas
PySpark
MySQL WorkBench
DB
MySQL
Hadoop
HBase
Gmail
Databricks
Neo4j
OpenCV
Terraform
Jira
MATLAB
TensorFlow
PyTorch
MLflow
Keras
Kubeflow
Streamlit
NLTK
Google Places API
Kafka
FastAPI
Heroku
Elasticsearch
Apache Storm
Airflow
Apache Oozie
dockerized
GraphDb
SQL
XGBoost
SciPy
Hugging Face
Availability
Location
Authorized to work in
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