David Johnston
Chief Data & AI Scientist
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolDavid Johnston is a Chief Data & AI Scientist and founder with 12 years of experience architecting production-ready AI and data platforms and leading their delivery across enterprise clients. A former cosmologist with a PhD from the University of Chicago, he translated academic "big data" practice at Princeton and NASA into practical analytics and statistical methods now used in industry. At ThoughtWorks he was a founding data scientist who shaped the analytics practice, and he now consults and leads AI strategy through Dryfe Sands Consulting and Navalia. He combines deep research pedigree with hands-on platform engineering and team-building, regularly turning complex scientific approaches into operational systems. An interesting through-line in his career is moving from simulating the cosmos to building systems that make models useful in business.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
BS with Highest Honors Physics and Math, BS with Highest Honors Physics and Math at University of MichiganPhD Physics, PhD Physics at University of Chicago
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Github Skills (51)
convex-optimization10
convex10
numerical-optimization10
modeling10
optimization10
python9
cvxpy9
mathematical-optimization9
embedded9
machine-learning8
continuous-delivery8
data-science7
mlops7
multiprocessing7
namedtuple6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
dave31415/myl1tf
Nov 2014 - Oct 2015
Contributions:50 commits, 25 pushes in 11 months
dave31415/trendfilter
May 2020 - Aug 2024
Contributions:29 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 4 months
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