Derek Hommel
Head Of AI at Gena AI
Seoul, South Korea
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Top SchoolDerek Hommel is Head of AI with nine years of experience building production NLP and speech systems, currently leading R&D on GenaSQL and a commerce agent at Gena AI. Trained in computational linguistics at Seoul National University, he previously led Atlas Labs’ NLP, TTS, and chatbot efforts with hands-on experience in Korean speech generation, MT, and summarization. His background spans software engineering and language instruction, reflecting a rare mix of applied ML, multilingual expertise (Japanese and Korean), and classroom pedagogy from Fulbright and EPIK roles. Active on GitHub under atlasderek and degenarek, he frames his work as teaching machines language the way he once taught people, combining research rigor with product-focused deployment.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Program, Computational Linguistics, 4.0, Master's Program, Computational Linguistics, 4.0 at Seoul National UniversityComputer Software Engineering, 4.0 GPA, Computer Software Engineering, 4.0 GPA at Rochester Institute of TechnologyJapanese Language and Culture, Japanese Language and Culture at Nagasaki University of Foreign StudiesKorean Language, Korean Language at Keimyung UniversityBachelor's of Arts, Japanese Language and Culture, 3.89, Bachelor's of Arts, Japanese Language and Culture, 3.89 at University of Rochester
Japanese, Korean, English
Github Skills (1)
recurrent7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
SNUDerek/snuderek.github.com
Sep 2017 - May 2021
Contributions:1 PR, 77 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 8 months
SNUDerek/multiLSTM
Dec 2017 - Aug 2018
Contributions:37 commits, 29 pushes, 2 branches in 8 months
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