Summary
Elijah Philpotts is a Head of ML Engineering based in Atlanta who leads a roughly 200-person portfolio at Blue River Technology, bridging technical strategy and operational execution across Generative AI, LLMs, computer vision, robotics, simulation, and VR. With 11+ years in industry and a Master’s in CS from Georgia Tech, he blends hands-on deployment experience with talent development—designing and teaching courses from prompt engineering to advanced ML management. His background spans mission-driven nonprofits to senior AI roles at Honeywell, and he also advises VC funds on ML investments and acquisitions. Known for democratizing ML across enterprises, he pairs product-focused delivery with building the next generation of ML leaders. An interesting through-line in his career is practical cross-domain integration: applying ML research into robotics and industrial systems to drive measurable operational impact.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor, Finance, Bachelor, Finance at Columbus State University
Masters of Computer Science, CS, Interactive Intelligence, Masters of Computer Science, CS, Interactive Intelligence at Georgia Institute of Technology