Conrad Kennington
Vice President, Decision Science at Accertify, Inc.
Meridian, Idaho, United States
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Top SchoolConrad Kennington is a technology executive with 18+ years of experience building and scaling ML-driven fraud prevention and pricing systems. Currently VP of Decision Science at Accertify, he leads a global team of 50 data scientists and engineers developing hundreds of bespoke fraud models that protect billions in online transactions. Previously he grew Vacasa’s ML organization from the ground up—hiring 20 engineers, bootstrapping EU teams, and delivering a demand-forecasting pricing engine that generates roughly $1B ARR while introducing company-wide generative-AI policy. His long tenure at Kount saw him originate the ML function, design fault-tolerant real-time pipelines, and help scale a startup into an Equifax acquisition. An adjunct CS professor, he maintains a practical bridge to talent and curriculum, funneling interns into industry teams. He combines deep production ML engineering, product-focused leadership, and a knack for turning research and models into high-impact revenue protection and optimization systems.
10 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Masters Computer Science, Masters Computer Science at Boise State UniversityBrigham Young University-Idaho
EnglishGithub contributions (5)
ckennington/cs334
Aug 2020 - Sep 2022
Contributions:26 commits, 25 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
ckennington/cs401
Feb 2017 - Jan 2023
Contributions:95 commits, 115 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years
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