Ericย Wait
Associate Director
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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Top SchoolEric Wait is an Associate Director and technical leader who bridges strategy and execution across high-performance engineering, ML/AI, and biomedical imaging, with 13 years of experience and 21 years of military leadership. He has architected GPU-accelerated pipelines and production diagnostic systems that delivered 100x computational speed-ups, >90% runtime reductions, and imaging methods that cut acquisition time 9x while using 16x less data. Eric has advised 170+ international scientists at HHMI Janelia and translated research-grade workflows into FDA-aligned products at Elephas, demonstrating a rare ability to move work from lab discoveries to regulated production. He also founded an HPC consultancy that achieved 100x performance gains for Fortune 500 logistics, showing fluency in both scientific and commercial problem spaces. Known for holistic systems thinking, he runs mental simulations to surface hidden assumptions and prioritize high-ROI experiments across domains. Based in Madison, WI, heโs seeking technical leadership roles where unconventional backgrounds and mission-driven impact matter.
13 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Aviation Management, Aviation Management at Minnesota State University, MankatoDoctor of Philosophy (PhD) Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Drexel UniversityMaster's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeePhotography (Art), Photography (Art) at University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Norwegian, Spanish, English
Github Skills (12)
windows10
cmake10
cpp10
visual-studio10
image-processing9
gpu9
lattice9
macos9
linux9
vcpkg9
pipeline6
directories5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
ericwait/hydra-image-processor
Aug 2013 - Oct 2022
GPU accelerated image processing library.
Contributions:8 releases, 693 commits, 2 PRs in 9 years 3 months
gpuimage-processing
aicjanelia/LLSM
Jun 2017 - Jun 2021
Lattice Light-Sheet Microscope Pipeline
Contributions:165 commits, 60 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years
microscopepipelinelattice-light-sheetlightsheet
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