Cole Smith
Co-Founder at Opal
Tampa, Florida, United States
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Top SchoolCole Smith is a machine learning and parallel computing specialist with 10 years of experience building production AI systems across finance, telecom, retail, and health tech. As a co-founder of Opal and former technical lead at ASAPP, he has delivered efficient in-house LLMs and structured summarization that produced six-figure annual savings and measurable workflow reductions. His background spans full-stack iOS and embedded robotics research—winning a Best Paper award at LOD 2020 and earlier entrepreneurial research recognition for an inexpensive 360° laser range-finding method. At Morgan Stanley he productionized multimedia transformer models and automated summarization that cut reading time by up to 80%, and he’s repeatedly fused research rigor with pragmatic engineering. An active open-source maintainer and Unix enthusiast, he contributes tooling and data-science projects on GitHub and has prior contributions to Scikit-Learn. Based in Tampa, Cole blends startup leadership with deep research instincts and a continual appetite for learning.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at New York UniversityHigh School, High School at Shorecrest Preparatory School
German, English
Stackoverflow
2,626reputation
311kreached
76answers
27questions
ios
top-5%
swift
top-5%
Github Skills (87)
python10
statistics10
scikit9
swift9
ios9
machine-learning9
scikit-learn9
data-science9
data-analysis9
modulation7
act6
recharts6
ipython6
polyphonic6
javascript6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
css459/arch-linux-arm-clockworkpi-a06
Jan 2022 - Feb 2022
Arch Linux ARM for the ClockworkPi DevTerm A06
Contributions:2 releases, 1 review, 38 commits in 28 days
linux-armdevtermlinuxarchlinuxarch-linux
css459/Backpac
May 2016 - Dec 2016
Contributions:37 commits, 2 PRs, 37 pushes in 6 months
rsynclinuxbackup-scriptcomprehensivebackup
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