Jim O'connor
Assistant Director, Autonomous Agent Learning Lab at Connecticut College
New London, Connecticut, United States
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Top SchoolJim O'connor is an experienced systems and robotics engineer with 13 years building resilient infrastructure and autonomous agent research programs. Currently Assistant Director of the Autonomous Agent Learning Lab at Connecticut College, he combines hands-on lab management and robotics hardware procurement with research and teaching support across AI and evolutionary robotics. Previously he operated and automated thousands of RHEL/CentOS production servers at FactSet and designed alpha scheduling and data systems for quant trading at WorldQuant, demonstrating a rare blend of production-grade systems engineering and algorithmic research. Comfortable leading teams, running Agile projects, and mentoring students, he also has a track record of building educational tech— from campus networks to summer instruction—and managing complex lab assets that bridge academia and industry.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) with Honors in the Major Field Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) with Honors in the Major Field Computer Science at Connecticut College
Github Skills (2)
runner2
game-engine1
Github contributions (5)
joconno2/Runner
Sep 2014 - Apr 2015
Contributions:39 commits, 5 pushes in 6 months
gamerunner-gameendless-runner-gamerunnergame-engine
joconno2/DragonchessAI
Feb 2025 - Apr 2025
Contributions:16 pushes in 1 month
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