Drew Blount
Lead Machine Learning Engineer at Nike
Portland, Oregon, United States
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Top SchoolDrew Blount is a Lead Machine Learning Engineer based in Portland, Oregon with 11 years of experience building production ML systems and full-stack software. Currently leading ML efforts at Nike, he previously developed, trained, and deployed identification models for conservation at Wild Me, translating field biologist needs into deployed tools that enable mark-recapture studies. His background spans research software—creating R packages and novel network-analysis tools—to hands-on product work as lead developer of flukebook.org, blending rigorous engineering with domain-driven collaboration. Drew pairs technical depth in model development and deployment with strong communication and technical writing skills, having advised on protocols and authored whitepapers. An unusual thread through his career is applied curiosity: from operating a college nuclear reactor to studying patent networks and teaching computing, he brings interdisciplinary thinking to practical ML problems.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Mathematics and Computer Science at Reed College
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open-science10
ecology10
data-management10
java10
tomcat10
ckan10
biodiversity10
backend10
image-analysis9
python8
backend-api8
codex8
plug7
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Github contributions (5)
WildMeOrg/scout-mvp
Sep 2022 - Sep 2022
Contributions:44 pushes, 1 branch in 6 days
drewblount/2014-2015
Mar 2015 - Apr 2015
Contributions:22 pushes in 1 month
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