Miles Thompson
Individual Contributor (Machine Learning Engineer AI DevOps) at GoodBright Consulting
Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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Top SchoolMiles Thompson is a machine learning engineer, technical architect, and former CTO with 15 years on Wall Street and 20+ years as a developer and mathematician, currently building production-grade AI systems for under-resourced and Indigenous languages from Wellington, NZ. He designs, trains, and deploys custom foundation models and speech systems at cloud scale, and has co-authored work presented at NeurIPS and ICML while leading Kubernetes and on-prem GPU infrastructure. As founder of GoodBright Consulting and ex-CTO/architect at CreditSights and startups like Speakia, he combines startup-building experience with rigorous financial and research-grade engineering. He has a strong track record of translating cutting-edge research into operational services—fivefold performance improvements for central bank systems and tangible humanitarian impact coordinating volunteer logistics during COVID. Miles’s background in mathematics, sociology, and business gives him an uncommon blend of quantitative, human-centered, and product-focused perspectives.
16 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Hons I Math, BSc Hons I Math at University of OtagoSocial and Economic Networks: Models and Analysis Economics, Social and Economic Networks: Models and Analysis Economics at CourseraBA Sociology, BA Sociology at University of CanterburyBS Master of Business Administration - MBA, BS Master of Business Administration - MBA at HKUST Business SchoolHong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
Github Skills (116)
deep-learning10
gpu10
embedded10
firebase10
javascript10
tensorflow10
speech-to-text10
machine-learning10
speech-recognition10
raspberry-pi10
react10
redux9
nodejs9
firefox8
gatsby8
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
CashlessSociety/cashlesssociety.github.io
Sep 2020 - Dec 2024
Cashless.Social
Contributions:19 PRs, 60 pushes, 15 branches in 4 years 3 months
social-networkreactfirebasesocial-mediacashless
TeHikuMedia/korero-maori-demos
Jan 2020 - Apr 2022
A collection of demonstrations using the Kōrero Māori API
Contributions:38 commits, 18 PRs, 15 pushes in 2 years 3 months
apirerodemonstrationsori
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