Brant Yukan
Data Assistant
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBrant Yukan is an experienced machine learning engineer and data scientist with 11 years in the field, currently applying ML and NLP expertise at Cisco to make AI practical and accessible. He combines strong technical skills in Python, SQL, Spark, and GCP with a solid academic foundation (M.S. in Data Science, B.S. in Applied Math and Computing) to deliver production-ready solutions in networking and consumer-facing contexts. Brant is pragmatic and user-focused, favoring simple, clear implementations that improve everyday experiences and encourage mainstream adoption of NLP. He brings a collaborative, empathetic approach to teams—comfortable asking uncomfortable questions and dismantling barriers like ego and fear to foster creativity. Colleagues note he makes difficult problems look easy, and he’s motivated by making technology genuinely useful rather than novel for its own sake.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
EDGE Certificate of Business Management, Business Management, EDGE Certificate of Business Management, Business Management at UCLA Anderson School of ManagementUniversity of California, San DiegoMaster of Science (M.S.), Data Science, Master of Science (M.S.), Data Science at University of New HavenBachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics, with Specialization in Computing, Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics, with Specialization in Computing at University of California, Los Angeles
Github Skills (19)
nmf10
lda9
recommender8
orange8
topic-modeling8
recommendation-engine7
nlp7
machine-learning6
functional-programming5
recommender-system5
sdk5
api5
recommendation-system5
python4
issue-tracking3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
byukan/complex
Oct 2019 - Dec 2022
complicated Docker project
Contributions:1 PR, 1 push, 2 branches in 3 years 2 months
containersdocker-composedocker
byukan/functional-programming
Jan 2017 - Jan 2021
functional programming practice
Contributions:313 commits, 13 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 1 month
functional-programming
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