Gregg Tabot
Sr Machine Learning Engineer at The Walt Disney Company
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolGregg Tabot is a Sr. Machine Learning Engineer with a Ph.D. in Computational Neuroscience and over a decade of experience applying mathematical and computational methods to model complex systems across industry and research. He has driven ranking and recommendation efforts at Meta and Twitter, consulted on analytics for the Washington Wizards, and now leads ML initiatives at The Walt Disney Company. His background spans production ML, computer vision, and research—bridging deep scientific rigor with pragmatic engineering for large-scale products. Gregg is also an active front-end contributor to open-source projects, having improved the UI and editor tooling for the popular facesjs vector-face library. Known for translating academic insights into deployable systems, he combines domain expertise in neuroscience with hands-on software craftsmanship. Based in the United States, he brings a rare mix of research depth and product-focused delivery.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science at Virginia TechThomas Jefferson High School for Science and TechnologyDoctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computational Neuroscience, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computational Neuroscience at University of Chicago
Github Skills (5)
html10
css10
javascript10
svg10
front-end-development10
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
zengm-games/facesjs
Mar 2021 - Mar 2021
A JavaScript library for generating vector-based cartoon faces
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:4 reviews, 8 commits, 4 PRs in 1 day
Contributions summary:Gregg primarily focused on enhancing the user interface of the facesjs library's editor. They implemented and organized various form elements, including checkboxes, dropdowns, and input fields, to allow for the randomization and customization of face features. Code changes included significant modifications to the `public/editor.html` file, and refactoring to ensure the functionality of the 'randomize' button. They also added support for additional UI features.
cartoonjavascript-librarysvgjavascriptvector
gtabot/facesjs
Mar 2021 - Mar 2021
A JavaScript library for generating vector-based cartoon faces
Contributions:16 pushes, 2 branches in 10 days
cartoonjavascript-libraryjavascriptvectorfaces
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