Summary
Ben Cullen is a Forward Deployed Software Engineer with nine years of experience turning ML research into production-grade software, currently deploying solutions at Palantir in New York. He blends backend Typescript/Python development, React/Next.js frontends, and cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP with Terraform) to deliver end-to-end products that integrate LLMs, RAG, and PyTorch-based model training. His background includes founding an IoT startup piloted by a top-10 U.S. company, hands-on MLOps for real-time video, and building AI agents for finance and banking—showing a pattern of shipping applied ML across industries. Trained in data science and business strategy at BYU, he pairs technical depth with commercial judgment from consulting and early-stage roles. Notably, he coauthored a graph RAG paper published at AAAI-22, reflecting a solid research-to-production trajectory.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Minor, Business Strategy, Minor, Business Strategy at Brigham Young University Marriott School of Business
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science: Data Science Emphasis, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science: Data Science Emphasis at Brigham Young University