Don 3rd
Vice President, Machine Learning at Optimize, Inc.
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Top SchoolDon 3rd is a data-driven machine learning executive with 12 years of experience turning math and experimentation into production-grade AI that moves core business metrics at scale. As VP of Machine Learning at Progyny and a founder who built a caregiving platform from prototype to production, he bridges hands-on engineering (Python, PyTorch, Spark, AWS) with strategic data architecture and transformation leadership. He has driven ML programs across Fortune 15 healthcare and media companies, led analytics teams, and grown a small business to 150+ employees while advising federal and enterprise technology leaders. Known for mentorship and asking the right strategic questions, he combines reinforcement and deep learning expertise with practical deployment experience to embed ML into products and operations. An uncommon asset is his track record of pairing rigorous scientific studies with scalable ML pipelines to deliver measurable clinical and engagement outcomes.
12 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Industrial and Systems Engineering, BS, Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia TechDistrict DataData Science, Data Science at Data Science Retreat
English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (57)
ios10
react-native10
cross-platform10
android10
react10
mobile-development9
mobile9
shiny8
app-framework8
r7
rstudio7
vagrant7
batch6
web-development6
readable6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
ayota/ddl_nlp
Nov 2015 - Aug 2016
Contributions:39 commits, 19 PRs, 28 pushes in 8 months
research-lablabddl
dvetal/pyswarm
May 2015 - May 2015
Contributions:1 push in 1 day
particleswarmoptimizationparticle-swarmpso
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