Brian Mcmahon
Founder at Nous Ergon
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolBrian Mcmahon is a data and AI engineer with eight years of experience building production ML and data platforms across fintech, healthcare, and digital products, currently shaping marketing infrastructure and analytics at Square in Seattle. He combines PySpark/Presto pipeline migrations, model development, and performance-focused engineering—having delivered runtime reductions of 50% and measurable prediction improvements in healthcare claims and anti-piracy efforts. Comfortable moving between research experiments and productionization, he’s implemented tested ML frameworks, recommender prototypes, and scalable concurrent pipelines on Hadoop ecosystems. His background in finance and investment roles earlier in his career gives him a strong analytical and business-first perspective when translating data science into product impact. A perpetual learner and ML enthusiast, he holds advanced training in deep learning and a computer science master’s, and is known for pragmatic choices like replacing costly deep models with faster LightGBM solutions while preserving accuracy.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Nanodegree Deep Reinforcement Learning, Nanodegree Deep Reinforcement Learning at UdacityMaster of Business Administration (MBA) Finance, Master of Business Administration (MBA) Finance at China Europe International Business School (CEIBS)Master of Business Administration (MBA) Finance, Master of Business Administration (MBA) Finance at London Business SchoolBS Finance, Accounting, BS Finance, Accounting at USC Marshall School of BusinessMaster of Science Computer Science, Master of Science Computer Science at Georgia Institute of TechnologyData Science Bootcamp, Data Science Bootcamp at Metis
English, Chinese
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Github Skills (24)
wordcloud10
music-generation9
unity3d9
deep-reinforcement-learning8
music8
reinforcement-learning8
machine-learning8
magenta8
generative-art7
keras7
deep-learning7
neural-architecture-search7
python7
ml-agents6
automl6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
nousergon/nousergon-data
Apr 2026 - Jul 2026
Contributions:76 PRs, 411 pushes, 545 branches in 3 months
nousergon/crucible-dashboard
Mar 2026 - Jul 2026
Contributions:26 PRs, 243 pushes, 281 branches in 4 months
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