David Van Rood
Artificial Intelligence Consultant at WispLA.com
Louisiana, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Van Rood is an Artificial Intelligence Consultant and systems architect with over a decade of hands-on experience uniting edge/FOG computing, IoT, containers, and cloud/IaaS platforms with rigorous DevOps and CI/CD practices. He combines 16 years of Unix and Windows operations, security auditing, and compliance-focused engineering (PCI/HIPAA) with recent multimodal AI research spanning audio, video, image and large-text models. As Principal Architect at WispLA he pioneered low-cost, high-reliability rural fixed wireless solutions including tethered drone surveying and fog-level IoT designs, showing a knack for blending hardware, software, and field methodology. Past roles as Big Data, DevOps and Service Reliability engineer demonstrate deep experience in high-availability, privacy-first architectures and large-scale data workflows. Remote-first and telecommuting-proficient, he prefers short- or long-term consultancy engagements and maintains triple-redundant connectivity for critical remote work. Unusually for a cloud expert, he requests not to be contacted for Puppet-centric roles, reflecting a clear preference for certain toolchains and project types.
13 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Psychology and Social Science, Bachelor's degree, Psychology and Social Science at Fullerton CollegePhilosophy, Philosophy at California State University-Fullerton
English
Github Skills (200)
anyconnect10
python10
openconnect10
gradio10
deep-learning10
image-generation10
ai10
deezer10
audio-processing10
openvpn10
text2image10
blender10
tor10
pytorch10
openssh10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
genewitch/ephasia
Jan 2015 - Dec 2024
Contributions:3 pushes in 10 years 1 month
genewitch/opensource
Aug 2016 - Mar 2025
Contributions:81 pushes, 1 branch in 8 years 7 months
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