Summary
Joe Blankenship is a Senior AI Engineer with 12 years of experience building and deploying production-level AI/ML systems, currently leading model development and delivery at Satelytics. He blends a strong academic foundation (MS in Computer Science) and practical data science skills with a geographer’s perspective, enabling spatial-aware ML solutions that bridge domain knowledge and engineering. His background includes teaching algorithms and cybersecurity at the graduate level, plus hands-on translation work in Japanese–English, which reflects a rare mix of technical communication and cross-cultural collaboration. Comfortable across the ML lifecycle, Joe moves projects from research prototypes to operational services while mentoring teams on robust software and security practices. Based in the Toledo, Ohio metro area, he brings a pragmatic, multidisciplinary approach to solving complex geo-spatial and industrial AI problems.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at Bowling Green State University
Graduate Courses in Translation, Japanese-English, Graduate Courses in Translation, Japanese-English at Kent State University
Bachelor of Arts - BA, English, Bachelor of Arts - BA, English at Baldwin Wallace University
Study Abroad, Japanese Studies, Study Abroad, Japanese Studies at Kansai Gaidai University
Japanese