Jannes Klaas
Forward Deployed Engineer at OpenAI
Stony Stratford, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolJannes Klaas is a Forward Deployed Engineer at OpenAI with a decade of experience translating machine learning research into production impact across finance, sustainability, and consulting. Previously a Principal Data Scientist at QuantumBlack/McKinsey, he has led cross-functional teams delivering ML-driven insights for clients while also running an investment vehicle and co-founding a retail marketplace. Trained in financial economics at Oxford and with hands-on quant and product experience, he bridges rigorous modelling, deployment engineering, and business strategy. An educator and course creator in AI and ML for finance, he’s known for making machine learning “work in the real world” — a theme reflected in his book and public projects. Based in the UK, he combines consultancy-grade stakeholder fluency with developer-first pragmatism and a track record of shipping production systems.
10 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree International Business Administration, Bachelor's degree International Business Administration at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus UniversityMaster Financial Economics, Master Financial Economics at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
German, English, French
Github Skills (46)
pytorch10
python10
machine-learning10
fastai10
deep-learning10
gpu10
nbdev10
nteract8
payment-service7
visa7
financial7
finance7
paystack6
netsuite6
julia6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
JannesKlaas/MLiFC
Sep 2017 - Feb 2018
Contributions:73 commits, 1 PR, 71 pushes in 5 months
financialpythondata-sciencemachine-learningcourse-material
JannesKlaas/sometimes_deep_sometimes_learning
Jul 2017 - Jan 2019
A collection of DL experiments and notes
Contributions:8 commits, 2 PRs, 7 pushes in 1 year 6 months
notesmachine-learning
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