Kerri Rapes is a data science and engineering leader with 11 years of experience building production ML, data infrastructure, and anti-fraud systems across fintech, crypto, and environmental tech startups. She has led teams from the field—collecting and validating borehole data at Schlumberger—to executive roles creating scalable data foundations and automated retraining pipelines at Sendwave and Odd Industries. As a founder/CTO she’s launched mission-driven products (OceanGuarda) and built predictive intelligence for institutional crypto wallets (Trustbytes), blending MPC security with AI for treasury risk mitigation. Kerri advises C-suite teams at Pngme on product and ML strategy, drawing on hands-on platform design and a pragmatic focus on data quality and drift detection. An early full-stack contributor to automation tooling—like a LinkedIn application bot that handles Chrome driver updates and YAML-driven configs—she balances practical engineering with strategic leadership. She combines a Mechanical Engineering background with Harvard Business School CORe and Udacity ML training, and is known for thriving where messy, multidisciplinary problems meet product impact.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
CORe Executive Education Program, Business Administration and Management, General, CORe Executive Education Program, Business Administration and Management, General at Harvard Business School Online
Nanodegree in Machine Learning, Machine Learning, Nanodegree in Machine Learning, Machine Learning at Udacity
Mechanical Engieering, Engineering, Mechanical Engieering, Engineering at Purdue University
Honors Diploma, Technology Track, Honors Diploma, Technology Track at Leo Senior High School
Contributions:5 reviews, 92 commits, 38 PRs in 1 year
Contributions summary:Kerri contributed significantly to the `linkedin-easy-apply-bot` repository, focused on automating the LinkedIn application process. They implemented features such as automatically obtaining the latest Chrome version via `webdriver-manager`. Core contributions include implementing functionalities to support the application process, including submitting applications with the "next" and "review" buttons. Additionally, the user integrated cover letter uploads and provided a flexible configuration using YAML files.
Contributions:20 commits, 23 PRs, 33 pushes in 5 months
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