Summary
Christopher Desilva is a Senior Big Data Engineer based in San Jose with nine years of experience building data platforms and ML-driven pipelines across AWS and research environments. Holding a Top Secret clearance, he has progressed from data scientist roles—where he built WGAN-based generative models and novel gene co-expression analyses—to production-focused engineering at Koverse/SAIC and AES Defined, shipping analytics systems on EC2, Lambda, S3, and managed CI/CD. He blends applied machine learning, data normalization and QA/QC with pragmatic DevOps and infrastructure automation, and has hands-on experience integrating facial recognition and IoT proofs-of-concept. Comfortable moving between research and operationalization, he brings a construction-management background that informs his rigorous, estimate-driven approach to project delivery.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Construction Management, Bachelor of Science (BS) Construction Management at Arizona State University
DataScience Certificate Information Technology, DataScience Certificate Information Technology at Galvanize Inc