Michael Hood
Senior Software Engineer at Andesite
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Hood is a Senior Software Engineer and founder with 11 years of experience building data-driven systems, currently contributing at Andesite while running Raven Ridge Labs for data science and engineering services. A former Naval Aviator and Officer who led mission teams across the Middle East, he blends disciplined leadership with hands-on ML/engineering practice. His background includes shipping reinforcement-learning production systems, scaling personalization at startups, and leading MLOps platforms for defense applications. Comfortable moving between startup founding, technical leadership, and individual contributor roles, he pairs mathematical training from the U.S. Naval Academy with an MS in Technology Commercialization from Notre Dame. An "old school gamer and coder," he brings pragmatic engineering grounded in operational rigor and a taste for creative problem-solving.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Mathematics, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Mathematics at United States Naval AcademyMaster of Science (M.S.) Business Management Technology Commercialization & Entrepreneurship, Master of Science (M.S.) Business Management Technology Commercialization & Entrepreneurship at University of Notre Dame
English
Stackoverflow
163reputation
27kreached
1answer
2questions
Github Skills (7)
pip6
machine-learning6
random-forest6
python6
cross-validation6
scikit-learn6
ibm-cloud6
Github contributions (5)
siliconhacker/threeJs
Sep 2014 - Oct 2014
Contributions:10 commits in 3 days
siliconhacker/MongodbPolymerCrud
Oct 2015 - Oct 2015
Contributions:4 commits, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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