Craig Pfeifer is an AI Integration Engineer with 11 years of experience applying machine learning and software engineering to real-world systems, currently modernizing government services at TCG. He has led deep learning and PyTorch-focused platform work as a Staff ML Engineer at Lightning AI and built production ML solutions at Blue Apron and MITRE, bridging research, customers, and engineering. His background spans NLP, large-scale data systems, and CUDA-accelerated model development, with earlier work creating template-based event extraction and automated boilerplate detection for financial NLP. Craig pairs advanced technical depth—currently a PhD candidate in Computer Science—with practical execution across enterprise and startup contexts. He is based in Detroit and known for translating complex research into usable, people-centered systems rather than purely academic prototypes.
11 years of coding experience
28 years of employment as a software developer
UMBC
BS Computer Science double minor in Creative Writing and Technical Writing, BS Computer Science double minor in Creative Writing and Technical Writing at Purdue University
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