James Levell
Fachlead AI (Manager) at BDO Schweiz
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolJames Levell is a Fachlead AI and multidisciplinary computer scientist based in Zurich with nine years of hands-on experience building AI-driven solutions, cloud-native services, and developer tooling. He advises leadership on AI strategy and policy at BDO Schweiz while architecting prototypes and production integrations using Azure OpenAI, Microsoft Cognitive Services, Python, and React/Node.js. A seasoned educator and examiner, he designs and teaches interdisciplinary CS courses and mentors bachelor theses, bringing practical vocational training experience into academic research on NLP for legal text. His work at The Hague Centre and various research projects shows a consistent focus on reliable, secure deployments—Docker/CI-CD automation and scalable data platforms—paired with an ethicist’s interest in fairness and AI safety. Active in scouting and youth education governance, he blends technical depth with community engagement and a distinctive emphasis on aligning AI innovation with social and environmental responsibility.
9 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Masterstudium Ethik Ethik, Masterstudium Ethik Ethik at University of LucerneBachelor of Applied Science (BASc) including International Profile Computer Science, Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc) including International Profile Computer Science at ZHAW School of EngineeringErasmus Exchange Computer Science, Erasmus Exchange Computer Science at Charles UniversityMaster of Science Hochschule Luzern/FHZ in Engineering with Specialization in Computer Science Computer Science, Master of Science Hochschule Luzern/FHZ in Engineering with Specialization in Computer Science Computer Science at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and ArtsEFZ Systemtechniker, EFZ Systemtechniker at Berufsbildungszentrum Uster
German, English
Github Skills (62)
azure-ai10
azure10
geocoder9
chatgpt9
azd-templates9
pelias9
openai9
docker-container8
retrieval-augmented-generation8
large-language-models8
relationship8
data-science7
pytorch7
mat-table7
machine-learning7
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
HCSS-Data-Lab/jupyternotebook-sandbox-n
Aug 2022 - Mar 2026
Juypternotebook Image for Jupyterhub Nino
Contributions:7 PRs, 11 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 7 months
jimmylevell/annotator
Jan 2021 - Jun 2021
Node and react application for centrally managing documents. The documents can be enriched with annotation stored in a csv document. The annotator can view and change the annotations of a document.
Contributions:59 PRs, 99 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
storedcsvreactannotationscsv-document
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