Nicholas Vachon
Data Scientist - Referent In Deep Learning And NLP
United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolNicholas Vachon is a data scientist and deep learning/NLP specialist with eight years of experience translating research-grade models into production-ready solutions across finance, media and consultancy. Currently the Deep Learning and NLP referent at Consort Group, he has a track record of building transformer-based classifiers, distributed training pipelines, and cloud-first data platforms (Databricks, Spark, AWS). His background spans academic research at Mila—where his master's thesis bridged dialogue systems and recommender engines—to applied work predicting returns from SEC filings and automating multilingual document validation. He pairs technical depth in PyTorch, Spark and MLOps with product and leadership experience from senior roles at Bell, making him adept at aligning models to business outcomes. An uncommon asset is his creative roots in theatre and acting, which inform his strengths in communication, storytelling with data, and designing user-facing AI features.
8 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma of College Studies, Arts and Humanities, Language option, Diploma of College Studies, Arts and Humanities, Language option at Cégep du Vieux-MontréalBaccalaureate, Art dramatique - JEU, Baccalaureate, Art dramatique - JEU at UQAMProducer, TV & digital medias, Producer, TV & digital medias at INISBaccalaureate, Computer Science, With honors, Baccalaureate, Computer Science, With honors at Université de MontréalDiploma of College Studies, Pure Sciences, Diploma of College Studies, Pure Sciences at Cégep Lionel-GroulxMaster's degree, Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence, GPA 4.15, Master's degree, Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence, GPA 4.15 at University of Montreal
French, English, Danish, Spanish
Github Skills (1)
pytorch3
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
BenjaminBenoit/IFT6269FinalProject
Nov 2018 - Dec 2018
Contributions:34 commits, 29 pushes in 15 days
Vachonni/ReDial
Mar 2020 - May 2020
Contributions:216 pushes, 4 branches in 2 months
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