James Portman
Machine Learning Engineer at Nielsen
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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SeniorJames Portman is a Machine Learning Engineer and Technical Product Manager with a decade of experience enabling and empowering teams to deliver data-driven products. Based in Toronto and currently an Associate Director of Product Engineering at Nielsen, he blends hands-on development skills with product leadership to bridge research, engineering, and business outcomes. His interests span deep learning, machine learning, and big data, and he focuses on turning complex ML concepts into practical production systems. James's background as a developer-turned-PM gives him a pragmatic lens for prioritization, technical trade-offs, and cross-functional collaboration. Colleagues know him for translating ambiguous requirements into actionable roadmaps and for keeping teams focused on measurable impact.
10 years of coding experience
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Github contributions (5)
JamesPortman/Practical_Machine_Learning
Mar 2016 - Jul 2018
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 5 months
JamesPortman/Applied-Plotting-Charting-Data-Representation-in-Python
Apr 2018 - Jul 2018
Contributions:19 commits, 18 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
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