Kevin Lively
@kevinlively3
Seasoned AI/ML architect delivering enterprise-scale, compliant Generative AI and MLOps solutions.
United StatesWhat I'm looking for
I am a seasoned AI/ML architect and enterprise AI lead with deep experience designing and operationalizing large-scale AI ecosystems across healthcare, financial services, and e-commerce. I have led cross-functional teams to deliver HIPAA- and GDPR-compliant solutions, built multi-cloud MLOps pipelines, and advanced Generative AI, LLMOps, and model governance to produce measurable business impact.
My work includes architecting cross-cloud inference and LLMOps frameworks, optimizing inference and FinOps to reduce compute costs, and operationalizing data lineage and audit-ready model traceability. I combine hands-on expertise with strategic leadership to align AI roadmaps with executive priorities and embed responsible, scalable AI into production systems.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Lead AI/ML Engineer
CitiusTech
Mar 2021 - Present (5 years 3 months)
Spearheaded design of enterprise AI ecosystems for clinical analytics and patient-outcome prediction, leading a 12+ person cross-functional team to deliver HIPAA-compliant, multi-cloud solutions and reduce inference compute cost by 30%.
Led a team of 6 to build fraud detection and risk systems, implementing distributed inference and streaming feature pipelines that improved fraud detection efficiency by 25% and reduced annual losses by $150,000.
Engineered cloud-based ML infrastructure and ETL pipelines for e-commerce personalization, defining CI/CD and data validation standards that improved pipeline reproducibility and system efficiency.
Machine Learning Engineer
Uniphore
Jan 2014 - Apr 2015 (1 year 3 months)
Built and deployed ML models and automated ETL workflows for fraud detection and conversational intent recognition, improving forecast accuracy by 15% and delivering real-time scoring microservices.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Bluefield State University
Bachelor's, Unknown
Completed a bachelor's degree at Bluefield State University focused on foundational coursework supporting a career in engineering and computing.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
GitHub
Kubernetes
Jenkins
GitHub Actions
NumPy
Pandas
PySpark
Dataiku
dbt
Gmail
.NET
Databricks
OpenCV
Terraform
TensorFlow
PyTorch
MLflow
scikit-learn
Keras
Kubeflow
NLTK
Kafka
FastAPI
Airflow
SQL
XGBoost
Hugging Face
LightGBM
Apache Iceberg
LangChain
Pinecone
Tecton
Feast
Ray
Delta Lake
Great Expectations
Hopsworks
Apache Hudi
Collibra
ONNX Runtime
Availability
Location
United StatesAuthorized to work in
Website
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Skills
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