About
I'm passionate about the intersection of artificial intelligence and helping society leverage open source tools and resources.
Introduction
Passionate about the intersection of artificial intelligence, society, military history, and privacy. Currently working at a research lab where my focus centers on post-training and getting the most out of small, open-source models at the edge.
Day-to-day I design and build end-to-end post-training pipelines, combining supervised fine-tuning with reinforcement learning techniques like GRPO, to push open-source models toward closed-source-level performance on specialized tasks. I also architect the distributed training and inference infrastructure that makes that work possible, from serverless GPU clusters to on-premise multi-node clusters, and drive hardware strategy and evaluation to keep pace with rapidly evolving edge hardware.
My broader goal is to democratize access to capable AI, proving that small, well-trained models running on edge hardware can match or exceed much larger systems when built with the right data, training methodology, and evaluation rigor.
Experience
Experience with building machine learning and software systems for production deployment, with a focus on data engineering, reinforcement learning and transformer based models.
Prior active duty officer in the U.S. Army. I've worked on ML projects with submarines and irregular warfare applications.
Advised clients on AI and machine learning applications and strategies. Led workshops and trainings on AI and machine learning.
Areas of Focus
AI & Machine Learning
- Post-training pipelines (SFT and reinforcement learning)
- Edge AI and small model optimization
- Distributed training and inference infrastructure
- Custom agentic evaluation frameworks
Society and Privacy
- Teaching about AI/ML and best practices
- Running fully decentralized and private AI systems
- Edge AI systems
- Interpretability and explainability of AI systems
A little about me
My friends describe me as an active nerd. I love nature, especially the ocean.
Let's Connect
I'm always open to discussing research opportunities, potential collaborations, and open-source projects. Feel free to connect or reach out with any questions.