Monica Ihli
Principal Engineer, AI at BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee
Greater Chattanooga United States
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Top SchoolMonica Ihli is a Principal Engineer specializing in Generative AI and ML, with nine years of experience building and scaling production-grade AI systems across healthcare, research, and cloud governance. She currently leads AI engineering at BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee after directing AI efforts at RegScale and contributing data systems expertise at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Monica blends academic rigor — holding a PhD and MS in Information Science and a history as an assistant professor — with hands-on engineering from NASA contracts to university software roles. Known for turning research into operational services, she excels at bridging data science, infrastructure, and compliance in regulated environments. Based in Greater Chattanooga, she brings a pragmatic focus on reliable, auditable AI deployments that serve enterprise needs.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Associate of Science - AS, Computer Science, Associate of Science - AS, Computer Science at Pellissippi State Community CollegeDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Information Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Information Science at University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Github Skills (5)
blender7
python5
connectors5
graphic4
infrastructure1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
monicaihli/python-data-workshop
Sep 2021 - Feb 2022
Contributions:13 commits, 11 pushes in 4 months
monicaihli/personal
Feb 2017 - Feb 2019
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 11 months
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