Brendan Klare
Chief Scientist President Co-Founder at Rank One Computing
Denver, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolBrendan Klare is a Ph.D.-trained computer scientist and entrepreneur with 12 years of experience building applied machine learning and biometric systems, currently serving as Chief Scientist, President, and Co‑Founder of Rank One Computing in Denver. He blends deep academic expertise from Michigan State University with hands-on engineering, having contributed backend and ML work to the well-known OpenBR open-source biometrics project, including image processing, sliding-window detectors, and LDA integration. Brendan focuses on turning research-grade algorithms into production-capable systems for face recognition and object detection, emphasizing performance and practical deployment. His career sits at the intersection of research, product, and leadership—driving technical direction while staying involved in core implementation. Colleagues describe him as someone who bridges theoretical rigor and pragmatic engineering, often spotting subtle algorithmic improvements that yield measurable system gains.
12 years of coding experience
M.S., Computer Science, M.S., Computer Science at University of South FloridaPh.D., Computer Science, Ph.D., Computer Science at Michigan State University
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Github Skills (7)
computer-vision10
machine-learning10
opencv10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
image-processing10
eigen9
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (3)
biometrics/openbr
Oct 2013 - May 2018
Open Source Biometrics, Face Recognition
Role in this project:
Backend & ML Engineer
Backend & ML EngineerContributions:128 commits, 2 pushes, 2 comments in 4 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Brendan primarily contributed to the integration of machine learning algorithms and backend functionality within the OpenBR project. Their commits focused on modifications related to the processing of images and the detection of objects, including working with FDDB annotations and integrating LDA support for classification tasks. The user also made improvements to the sliding window detector, optimizing its performance and adding features. Furthermore, the user updated OpenBR's core code and plugin functionalities related to image processing.
pythonface-recognitionrecognitioncomputer-visionbiometrics
biometrics/biometrics.github.com
Jun 2015 - Nov 2015
Contributions:5 commits in 4 months
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