Nicolas Jaccard
Director Of AI & Software Engineering at Orbis International
Stony Stratford, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolNicolas Jaccard is an AI and software engineering leader with 11 years of experience building and productizing ML systems across academia, startups and global NGOs. Currently Associate Director for AI & Software Engineering at Orbis International, he previously led architecture and AI product teams to deliver Cybersight AI, a clinical decision‑support platform for eye care. His background blends a PhD in biomedical image processing with hands‑on CTO roles, giving him a rare combination of deep research expertise and practical MLOps/productization skills. Passionate about AI for Good and ethical deployment, he focuses on democratizing AI so no one is left behind and scaling robust clinical ML systems in low‑resource settings. An underappreciated strength is his track record of translating complex biomedical imaging research into production-ready services that impact healthcare delivery globally.
12 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor Biotechnology, Bachelor Biotechnology at University of Applied Sciences HES-SO Valais/WallisUniversity College London
English, French, German
Github Skills (71)
matconvnet10
pycocotools10
pytorch-lightning10
matlab9
multimodal9
ai9
job-queue9
fastai9
hyperparameter-tuning9
object-detection9
computer-vision9
python9
deep-learning9
faster-rcnn9
imagej9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
nicjac/PHANTAST-FIJI
Dec 2014 - Mar 2021
Repository for the FIJI/ImageJ implementation of the phase contrast microscopy segmentation toolbox (PHANTAST)
Contributions:20 commits, 5 PRs, 6 pushes in 6 years 4 months
imagejsegmentation
nicjac/PHANTAST-MATLAB
Dec 2014 - Mar 2021
Contributions:23 commits, 1 push, 1 comment in 6 years 4 months
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