Summary
Eric Chea is an engineering manager specializing in machine learning with 11 years of experience building and shipping ML-driven products across regulated and high-impact domains like healthcare, supply chain, and fraud detection. Currently leading Alloy’s Fraud Signal lifecycle, he blends hands-on ML lifecycle ownership with people leadership, previously scaling data and ML teams at Lightning AI, Thirty Madison, McKesson, Phreesia, and the FDA. His background is unusually interdisciplinary—holding a Ph.D. in organic chemistry and dual BS studies in biotechnology and electrical & computer engineering—which informs a pragmatic, scientifically rigorous approach to production ML. Known for turning complex, compliance-sensitive requirements into reliable production systems, he thrives at the intersection of research, engineering, and operational excellence.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D. , Organic Chemistry, Ph.D. , Organic Chemistry at Cornell University
Cal Poly Pomona
English, teochew