Ian Wells
Expert Associate Partner, Data Science
Houston, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolIan Wells is an expert associate partner and data science leader with 11+ years of experience building and scaling AI, ML, and analytics programs for energy, mining, and materials companies. He combines hands-on technical delivery—from production ML pipelines and predictive maintenance to generative-AI copilots and RAG architectures—with senior client counsel on digital and AI strategy across multinational oil majors, utilities, and miners. A former Boeing engineer who worked on ISS communications and a founding data-science lead at an energy startup, he uniquely bridges aerospace-grade systems thinking with fast-moving energy analytics product development. At McKinsey and now Bain, he has sponsored and recruited dozens of technical managers while leading industry-specific generative AI offerings and complex implementations across cloud and on-prem environments. Based in Houston, he is passionate about explainable solutions and often pursues niche interests in wireless communications and civic/NASA data alongside energy work.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
BSEE, Electrical and Computer Engineering, BSEE, Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rice UniversityWireless Communication, Wireless Communication at Columbia Engineering
Github Skills (12)
playing6
euro5
tax5
object-detection4
deep-learning3
robotics3
tensorflow3
autonomous-driving2
simulator2
linux2
simulation2
opencv1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
ianwells/tabc
Jul 2014 - Apr 2016
Contributions:34 commits, 15 pushes, 1 comment in 1 year 8 months
playingtax
ianwells/atx-dwi
Jan 2017 - Aug 2017
Contributions:43 commits, 31 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
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