Summary
Jesse Lew is a senior R&D software engineer and PhD candidate at NYU with nine years of experience applying AI, deep learning, and computer vision to defense and commercial problems. Currently a Senior Member of the Technical Staff at Expedition Technology, he builds computer vision research and production AI systems informed by prior roles as a DoD R&D Scientist and Senior Research Scientist at VectorNorth. Jesse combines rigorous academic training (PhD work at NYU, MS degrees in Computer Science and Data Science) with hands-on pipeline development, geospatial software, and predictive modeling. He’s comfortable bridging research and engineering to move models from experimentation to field-ready deployments. Based in Maryland, he brings a practical, security-minded perspective from defense projects while maintaining a continual learning mindset. An uncommon thread in his background is formal training in music theory pedagogy, reflecting disciplined pattern recognition and teaching experience that complement his technical work.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Master of Arts - MA Music Theory Pedagogy, Master of Arts - MA Music Theory Pedagogy at The Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University
University of Missouri