Desmond Orton - Data Scientist

Desmond Orton

Data Scientist

Ames, Iowa, United States

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Desmond Orton is a Data Scientist and AI systems architect with nine years of experience building production ML and embedded intelligence for industrial applications from Ames, Iowa. At Vermeer Corporation he prototypes, validates, and productionizes agentic LLMs, retrieval-augmented systems, and real-time computer vision pipelines—owning everything from model training to cloud-native deployment, observability, and dashboarding. He has strong MLOps and DevOps chops (Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD) and a background in HPC reproducibility and packaging—contributing Spack recipes that help researchers reliably build scientific software. A founder who has led small product teams, he blends hands-on engineering with customer-driven product iteration and operational leadership. He holds a BS in Data Science from Iowa State and pairs research-to-production rigor with an uncommon focus on embedded, telemetry-driven automation.

9 years of coding experience

1 year of employment as a software developer

Bachelor of Science - BS, Data Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Data Science at Iowa State University

Associate of Arts - AA, Associates of Arts, Associate of Arts - AA, Associates of Arts at Anoka-Ramsey Community College

Certificate of Video Game Development, Certificate of Video Game Development at Macalester College

High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Spectrum High School

Github Skills (11)

packaging10

python10

package-management10

package10

scientific-computing9

build-tools9

linux7

hpc6

macos6

windows5

Programming languages (8)

C#TypeScriptC++CM4JavaScriptHTMLPython

Github contributions (5)

spack/spack

Nov 2020 - Jan 2022

A flexible package manager that supports multiple versions, configurations, platforms, and compilers.

Role in this project:

Back-end Developer

Contributions:28 reviews, 81 commits, 123 PRs in 1 year 3 months

Contributions summary:Desmond primarily contributed to the Spack package manager repository by adding new packages for various software, including Python, R, and other tools used in scientific computing. The contributions involved creating `package.py` files, defining versions, dependencies, and other metadata required for Spack to build and manage these packages. The user's work ensures the availability and reproducibility of scientific software within the Spack ecosystem.

compilerspythonradiussplatformslinux

dorton21/dorton21

Sep 2021 - Apr 2023

Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 6 months

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