William Doyle
Chair, Department Of Leadership Policy And Organizations
Nashville-Davidson, Tennessee, United States
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Top SchoolWill Hedgecock is a research scientist and adjunct assistant professor at Vanderbilt, blending deep expertise in embedded systems, AI, and sensor networks with hands-on product leadership. As President/Founder of Fazecast and former Director of Engineering at V5 Systems, he steered edge AI-based gunshot localization and sensor-driven product development, while protecting IP through ongoing patent work. He previously built the CDX Traction Radio Airplay Monitoring System from the ground up using wavelet-based fingerprints for real-time, non-invasive song identification, illustrating a knack for translating complex signals into reliable software. His academic trajectory includes a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Vanderbilt and a long tenure as a data science educator (DS 1000) at Vanderbilt, underscoring a passion for teaching and research. Based in Nashville, he brings a rare combination of research rigor and industry execution, bridging university research, startup engineering, and customer-focused product strategy. He has over 10 years of experience across academia, startups, and industry, with specialties spanning software/firmware, acoustic source localization, wireless sensing, AI, GPS, and networking.
10 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Philosophy, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Philosophy at Villanova UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Higher Education/Higher Education Administration, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Higher Education/Higher Education Administration at Stanford University
Github Skills (7)
r-package5
machine-learning4
python4
act2
bash2
javascript2
react1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
wdoyle42/hoddatasci
Aug 2017 - Apr 2021
Contributions:315 commits, 257 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 8 months
eddatasci/unrollment_proj
Nov 2019 - Oct 2020
The Unrollment Project: Exploring algorithmic bias in predicting bachelor's degree completion.
Contributions:65 commits, 9 PRs, 27 pushes in 11 months
pythonalgorithmic-biasmachine-learningbiasbachelor
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