Jack Blandin
Founder, Head Of AI And Engineering at Lambda League
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJack Blandin is a founder and engineering leader with 11 years of experience building machine learning and software teams, now leading AI and engineering at Lambda League to help startups hire top AI and software talent. His career traces a clear progression from software engineer to machine learning leader and founder, with senior roles across GoHealth, Wayfair, and Fi where he scaled ML efforts into production. Jack pairs a strong academic grounding—BS in Physics, an MS in Software Engineering, and PhD work in AI/ML—with hands-on product delivery across fintech, healthcare, and e-commerce. He’s known for translating research-grade ML into operational systems and for hiring and structuring teams that bridge data science and engineering. Based in Chicago, he combines founder-level strategic thinking with deep technical execution, often stepping into both architecture and recruiting to accelerate early-stage companies.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Software Engineering, Master of Science - MS, Computer Software Engineering at Loyola University ChicagoDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science - AI and Machine Learning, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science - AI and Machine Learning at University of Illinois ChicagoMaine South High SchoolBachelor of Science - BS, Physics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Physics at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Github Skills (17)
lifecycle9
mlflow9
apache-spark9
python9
machine-learning9
model-management9
dvc9
incremental-learning9
ai9
q-learning8
fairness-ml8
ml7
reinforcement-learning6
deep-reinforcement-learning5
benchmarking4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
gohealthdata/mlflow
Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Open source platform for the machine learning lifecycle
Contributions:71 PRs, 44 pushes, 71 branches in 10 months
pythonlifecyclemlmachine-learningmlops
jackblandin/research
Jul 2019 - Sep 2022
A collection of machine learning and reinforcement learning algorithms for my PhD research and/or personal education.
Contributions:16 commits, 11 PRs, 74 pushes in 3 years 2 months
reinforcement-learning-algorithmspythondeep-learningreinforcement-learningmachine-learning
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