Dave Hiltbrand
Director AI CoE at Thermo Fisher Scientific
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolDave Hiltbrand is an AI and data science executive with nearly a decade of experience building and scaling ML and GenAI teams for clinical research, currently leading a 14-person AI CoE at Thermo Fisher Scientific. He combines hands-on MLOps expertise—standardizing deployments with Databricks, Azure ML, and MLflow—with strategic stakeholder communication to translate technical work into measurable business outcomes like faster model deployment and improved patient enrollment prediction. His background spans academic data science to enterprise leadership, with a track record of operationalizing generative AI for study feasibility, document summarization, and forecasting. Known for prioritizing mentorship and team growth, he has driven high retention and internal promotions while accelerating clinical trial planning through advanced analytics. Based in Wilmington, NC, he’s actively pursuing Director/VP roles to continue scaling GenAI functions in remote-first organizations.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Statistics, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Statistics at University of North Carolina WilmingtonMaster of Science - MS, Analytics, Master of Science - MS, Analytics at Institute for Advanced AnalyticsBachelor of Science (B.S.), Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General at The University of Texas at Arlington
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Github Skills (62)
statistics9
python8
machine-learning8
data-science7
data-analysis7
jupyter-notebook6
csv6
fuzzyjoin6
tidy6
dplyr6
ggplot6
parsing6
scikit-learn6
forloop6
loops6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
dhbrand/Projects
May 2017 - May 2018
Contributions:92 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year
dhbrand/hypop
Jan 2019 - Jun 2020
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
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