Luca Z
Engineering Director, US at Neural Concept
New York City Metropolitan Area United States
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Top SchoolLuca Z is an Engineering Director based in the New York City area with nine years of experience building deep learning-driven engineering products and leading cross-functional teams. At Neural Concept he scaled the US engineering organization after progressing from cofounder and hands-on engineer to Application Lead and Chief of Staff to the CTO, bridging research, product and customer deployments. His background in computational science and numerical analysis (MSc from EPFL and studies at Politecnico di Milano and KTH) underpins a pragmatic approach to applying geometric deep learning to real-world simulation problems. Luca combines technical depth—C++ and Python experience from projects at CERN, ESA and Fluxim—with product and workflow leadership, owning both technical success and external communication. Colleagues value his ability to translate advanced research into production verticals and to grow teams that deliver measurable commercial outcomes. He’s also the sort of engineer who “likes colors,” hinting at a creative streak in visualization or design alongside his analytical strengths.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor student, Vehicle engineering, Bachelor student, Vehicle engineering at KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyMaster of Science (M.Sc.), Computational Science and Engineering, 5.54 / 6, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Computational Science and Engineering, 5.54 / 6 at EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)Master's degree, Computational Mathematics, Master's degree, Computational Mathematics at Politecnico di Milanoactuel, Génie Méchanique, actuel, Génie Méchanique at EPFLBaccalauréat avec Option internationale italienne, Section Scientifique, Spécalité physique, 16.02, Baccalauréat avec Option internationale italienne, Section Scientifique, Spécalité physique, 16.02 at lycée ferney-voltaire
French, English, Italian, Spanish
Github Skills (32)
geometry10
mathematics10
physics10
vtk10
open-science9
visualization9
parallel9
mesh9
python9
interpreter9
machine-learning9
statistics9
scientific-visualization9
cling9
mesh-processing8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
bombrun/GaiaLab
Sep 2018 - Dec 2018
understanding global astrometry
Contributions:268 commits, 27 PRs, 102 pushes in 3 months
astrometryunderstanding
StaySafeGeneva/StaySafeGeneva.github.io
Dec 2017 - Dec 2017
Contributions:124 pushes, 3 branches in 11 days
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