Nathan Jessurun
Founder & CEO at DrawInsight
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNathan Jessurun is a founder and CEO with 8 years of experience building applied computer vision and HCI solutions, currently leading DrawInsight to turn expert interactions into trainable AI insights. He blends deep research chops from a PhD program at the University of Florida with practical engineering—shipping image-labeling tools, deployable Docker toolchains, and high-SNR security telemetry pipelines for Bloomberg. Nathan has hands-on ML and systems experience across industry and government contractors, from developing object recognition and segmentation networks to architecting RAG-powered document search and analytics dashboards. An active open-source contributor, he has improved the pyqtgraph project with refactors, new parameter types, UI polish, and expanded test coverage—work that benefits scientific and engineering visualization users. He’s comfortable moving between prototype research and production delivery, and has a proven track record of turning academic projects into funded, deployable products. Based in Austin, he’s open to conversations on data annotation, human-computer interaction, and practical computer vision applications.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Engineering at Cedarville UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Florida
Github Skills (11)
debug10
user-interface10
refactoring10
python10
pytest9
qt9
scientific-visualization8
numpy8
visualizations7
git7
visualization7
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
pyqtgraph/pyqtgraph
Oct 2022 - Dec 2022
Fast data visualization and GUI tools for scientific / engineering applications
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:43 reviews, 20 commits, 59 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Nathan significantly contributed to the project by enhancing the parameter tree functionalities, which included refactoring parameter types and introducing new features like a checklist parameter with exclusive and delay options. They addressed several bugs, notably in the pen parameter and example search, and also made improvements to the user interface with adjustments to the `action` parameters and the `PenPreviewLabel`. Further, the user made improvements to the project's testing framework by expanding test coverage and creating more testable parameters, and also eliminated outdated python 2 code paths.
pythonnumpydata-and-visualizationguiengineering
ntjess/s3a
Apr 2022 - Feb 2024
Contributions:55 pushes, 9 branches, 8 tags in 1 year 10 months
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