David Rust-smith
Staff Data Scientist
Sacramento, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Rust-smith is a Staff Data Scientist with 11 years of experience applying machine learning and software engineering to social good, currently leading model development at Thorn to prevent child sexual abuse. His background spans product-focused roles at Google (Verily and Access) and entrepreneurial ventures where he built web and mobile apps for nonprofits, blending technical delivery with social impact. Comfortable across the stack—from C#, JavaScript, and Python to data-driven healthcare and device analytics—he excels at turning sensitive, real-world problems into deployable, ethical solutions. A serial volunteer and social-good enthusiast, he brings a rare combination of startup grit, large-tech rigor, and a persistent focus on measurable societal outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
BCS, Honours Co-op Computer Science, BCS, Honours Co-op Computer Science at University of Waterloo
Stackoverflow
473reputation
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3answers
2questions
Github Skills (87)
efficientnet10
chrome-extension10
chrome10
imagenet9
perceptual9
annotations9
semantic-segmentation9
computer-vision8
object-detection8
annotate8
labeling8
clustering8
jupyter8
nearest-neighbors7
deep-learning7
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
davidrs/open-global-guesser
Feb 2020 - Jul 2022
A open source game where you guess your location in the world based on StreetView
Contributions:6 commits, 4 PRs, 4 pushes in 2 years 5 months
gameguesslocationopen-source-gamestreetview
davidrs/sfhip-map
Jan 2016 - Jul 2016
Contributions:9 commits, 12 PRs, 34 pushes in 5 months
licensesmapalcohol
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