Summary
Chad Steed is a technical manager and seasoned data science leader with over two decades of applied experience in machine learning, visual analytics, and AI across national security, finance, and scientific domains. He combines servant leadership with hands-on development—designing web-based visual analytics, explainable AI, and anomaly detection systems while mentoring teams and promoting data literacy. His career spans senior research and group leadership at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, executive-facing analytics roles at Regions Bank and Lirio, and technical stewardship now supporting mission-critical manufacturing at KCNSC. Chad uniquely blends academic rigor (PhD-level research and joint faculty appointments) with practical product delivery, connecting scalable databases, automated ML, and interactive visualizations to turn complex datasets into actionable insights. He has a track record of expanding partnerships and growing early-career staff into independent project leads, and he actively integrates the latest GenAI tools to modernize operations. Based in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, he brings deep domain breadth—from climate and cyber to finance—and a consistent focus on usable, explainable analytics.
12 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
MS Hydrographic Science, MS Hydrographic Science at The University of Southern Mississippi
PhD Computer Science, PhD Computer Science at Mississippi State University