Michael Reed
Manager, AI ML Engineering StudioLAB at The Walt Disney Studios
New York City Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Reed is a technology innovation leader with 11 years of formal industry experience (and a much longer research and academic pedigree) who currently manages the AI/ML Engineering StudioLAB at The Walt Disney Studios, applying machine learning and robotics to production challenges. He blends hands-on research and engineering—from robotics perception and motion planning at RightHand Robotics to graphics and renderer R&D that contributed to an Academy Award-winning pipeline at Blue Sky—with practical team leadership in studio and startup settings. A PhD-trained computer scientist and former Columbia adjunct professor, he routinely translates cutting-edge GPU, ML, and vision research into production tools and papers. Michael is comfortable synchronizing hardware and software teams under tight delivery cycles and has a track record of proposing strategy, driving roadmaps, and stepping into management as projects demand. His background uniquely spans cinematic-scale graphics, industrial robotics, and studio production ML, giving him an uncommon perspective on deploying AI where creative and mechanical systems intersect.
11 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D., Computer Science, Ph.D., Computer Science at Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and SciencesM.S., Computer Science, M.S., Computer Science at Columbia EngineeringB.S., Physics, B.S., Physics at University at Albany, SUNY
Github Skills (200)
mobile-development10
windows10
pair-programming10
trading-bot10
cryptocurrency10
bloc10
firebase10
flutter-plugin10
app-framework10
skiasharp10
pattern10
audio10
sdk10
playback10
skia10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
PracticalXR/minigpu
Aug 2024 - Apr 2025
Cross-platform GPU compute shaders using WGSL, GPU.CPP, and WebGPU via Dawn.
Contributions:5 PRs, 121 pushes, 3 branches in 7 months
MichealReed/miniaudio
Nov 2020 - Apr 2022
Single file audio playback and capture library written in C.
Contributions:6 PRs, 9 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 4 months
audio-fileaudioplaybacksingle-fileplayback-audio
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