James Robinson-bohnslav
Tech Lead Manager, Foundation Models
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Robinson-bohnslav is a tech lead and machine learning engineer with a decade of experience building perception and foundation-model systems for autonomous platforms. Currently leading Foundation Models at Zoox after driving perception research and zero-to-one cobot prototyping at Collaborative Robotics, he blends hands-on model training with product-focused system design. His work at Perceptive Automata advanced human-intuition models for vehicles, delivering double-digit KPI improvements through architecture and training innovations. Trained as a neuroscientist (PhD, Harvard), he developed open-source computer vision tools and a full 3D reconstruction pipeline for animal behavior, combining experimental hardware, acquisition software, differentiable rendering, and pose estimation. He’s comfortable moving projects from research prototypes to production-ready models and often bridges lab-grade instrumentation with scalable ML engineering. Based in Boston, he brings a rare mix of neuroscience rigor and practical autonomy experience to foundation-model leadership.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Neuroscience, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Neuroscience at Harvard University
Github Skills (164)
opencv10
python10
image-processing10
deep-learning10
gpu10
gpu-acceleration10
robotics10
numpy10
ai10
torchvision10
data-processing10
neural-network10
computer-vision10
transformer10
gpt10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
jbohnslav/pose_annotator
Feb 2021 - May 2022
Free, open-source GUI for annotating keypoints for pose estimatino.
Contributions:1 review, 1 PR, 10 pushes in 1 year 3 months
keypointscomputer-visionguitensorflowpose
jbohnslav/vidio
Nov 2020 - Jun 2022
simple, performant video reading and writing in python
Contributions:9 commits, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 6 months
python
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