Christopher Fusting
CEO at Ferret Labs LLC
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolChristopher Fusting is an AI researcher and founder with 12 years of experience building production ML systems and leading data science teams, now CEO of Ferret Labs where he is inventing the mathematics and engineering to "farm" artificial intelligence in simulated environments. He previously led AI and product teams at Fidelity, driving RL and optimization research into products that produced large engagement and deposit lifts and shipping LLM-based transaction categorization with substantial accuracy gains. Christopher has deep hands-on experience from edge sensor networks to large-scale deep learning—improving railcar ETA models, optimizing GPU utilization, and formalizing interpretable ML that resulted in patents. He bridges rigorous mathematics (M.S. in Mathematics) with product-focused delivery, mentoring teams to translate research into measurable business outcomes. Based in Raleigh, NC, he has secured DARPA funding for defense-relevant discovery of autonomous agents, reflecting an unusual blend of open-ended research and real-world impact. Colleagues describe him as relentlessly curious—his GitHub bio bluntly reads "RTFM," a hint at a pragmatic, results-first approach to complex problems.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.), Mathematics, Master of Science (M.S.), Mathematics at University of VermontHigh School Diploma, Theater, High School Diploma, Theater at Baltimore School for the ArtsMathematics, Mathematics at University of North Carolina at AshevilleBA, Integrative Studies, BA, Integrative Studies at Warren Wilson College
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (116)
apache-spark10
parallel10
python10
model-management10
ray10
optimization10
mlflow10
ai10
dvc10
reinforcement-learning-environments10
reinforcement-learning10
java10
pytorch10
lifecycle10
incremental-learning10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
cfusting/fast-symbolic-regression
Oct 2017 - Oct 2019
Blazing fast symbolic regresison
Contributions:1 release, 30 commits, 3 PRs in 1 year 11 months
blazinglogistic-regressionrustlinear-regressionmachine-learning
cfusting/arctic-browning
Dec 2016 - Jul 2017
Contributions:318 commits, 4 PRs, 349 pushes in 7 months
arcticbrown
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