Brendan Lerche
Software Engineer
Blacksburg, Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBrendan Lerche is a software engineer with seven years of experience and a background in building construction from Virginia Tech, where he also developed leadership and organizational skills as a member and squad leader in the Corps of Cadets. He combines hands-on construction internship experience—project management, site work, and project engineering—with technical writing contributions to an open-source machine learning course repository. Comfortable translating technical concepts for diverse audiences, he authored and refined linear regression materials and LaTeX-formatted equations for instructional use. Brendan’s practical field experience in contractor coordination, timeline management, and shop-level plumbing and sheet metal work gives him a grounded perspective on delivering engineered solutions. He is based in Blacksburg, Virginia and enjoys bridging the gap between construction practice and software-enabled workflows. Colleagues describe him as a disciplined, detail-oriented contributor who thrives in mentorship and team-driven environments.
7 years of coding experience
Building Construction, Engineering, Undergraduate, Building Construction, Engineering, Undergraduate at Virginia TechGovernor's STEM Academy, STEM, 9-12, Governor's STEM Academy, STEM, 9-12 at Landstown High School
Github Skills (6)
rs10
restructuredtext10
sphinx10
documentation10
linear-regression9
machine-learning5
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (1)
instillai/machine-learning-course
Feb 2019 - May 2019
:speech_balloon: Machine Learning Course with Python:
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:106 commits, 12 PRs, 106 pushes in 3 months
Contributions summary:Brendan's contributions primarily involve creating and updating a document, "linear-regression.rst," within the repository. The initial commit introduces the document, while subsequent commits involve refining the content, correcting LaTeX formatting, and incorporating images for equations. The user has also added code links for images and generally structured the module for others to use.
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