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John Costa

@johncosta

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Senior data & AI leader driving analytics strategy, AI/ML production, and operational modernization.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek a leadership role where I can scale enterprise AI/analytics, lead cross-functional teams, drive governance and deliver measurable operational and cost-saving impact.

I am a senior data and AI leader with deep experience building enterprise data platforms, deploying production ML/LLM solutions, and aligning analytics strategy to regulatory and operational priorities. At QSource I led a cross-functional team, scaled analytics delivery, deployed multiple production models and an enterprise LLM that accelerated clinical documentation by 86%, and engineered a modern data pipeline delivering real-time analytics.

I partner with executive stakeholders to deliver governance, cloud migration, cost savings and measurable business impact—directing multimillion-dollar modernization efforts that produced $250K annual savings and reducing ingestion lag from two days to under two hours. I combine hands-on technical skills (Azure/AWS, CI/CD, MLOps) with team development and operational leadership to scale velocity, reliability and trust in analytics across organizations.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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VP, Data & Analytics

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QSource

Jan 2023 - Present (2 years 9 months)

Owned enterprise data strategy and AI/ML delivery for a $10M+ public-sector portfolio, scaling analytics from 2 to 6 initiatives and delivering $250K annual savings through modernization and tool consolidation.

Data Architecture AI ML Azure CI CD Team Leadership Governance LLMs LLM

Director, Data Engineering & Science

Strategic Link

Jan 2019 - Jan 2023 (4 years)

Led a global 13-member team to scale production ML models from 50 to 200, migrate reporting to cloud (Azure/AWS) reducing report delivery time by 71%, and centralize analytics into an enterprise warehouse.

Cloud Migration Azure AWS CI CD Data Warehousing Blue Green Deployment Model Monitoring

Data Analyst III

Hodges Mace

Jan 2018 - Jan 2019 (1 year)

Mentored analysts and streamlined reporting and data integration across HR, finance, and healthcare, reducing implementation cycles from 60 to 45 days and cutting onboarding time to 1 day.

SQL Data Integration Mentoring ETL Process Improvement

Lead Data Engineer

Axor Foundation

Jan 2017 - Jan 2018 (1 year)

Led AI/ML engineering and blockchain analytics for investor reporting and fraud detection, improving model validation speed and driving a 7.6% increase in investment return.

Machine Learning Random Forest Validation Fraud Detection Python Data Engineering

Data Support Specialist

LanLine Communications

Jan 2016 - Jan 2017 (1 year)

Developed ML-driven reports and SQL-based custom reports, reducing ticket resolution to 2 hours and improving reporting reliability and sales-app performance.

SQL Reporting Machine Learning Data Visualization Automation)Automation