Noah Gift
Founder at Pragmatic AI Labs
Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain
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Top SchoolNoah Gift is a founder, educator, and award-winning technical author with 14+ years in software engineering and over 30 years of cross-domain experience building production ML, cloud-native systems, and distributed architectures. As founder of Pragmatic AI Labs and an Executive-in-Residence at Duke, he designs MLOps and Rust-for-ML curriculum that reach millions via paiml.com, Coursera, edX and partner platforms. He blends hands-on engineering—evident in his open-source MLOps templates, containerized Flask model serving, and Azure/AWS deployment work—with strategic product and revenue creation for universities and startups. Recognized as an AWS ML Hero and frequent keynote speaker, he’s advised startups to successful exits (e.g., Iguazio) and helped large teams scale ML in production. A longstanding proponent of public-good tech, he champions open source, Linux, and “sovereign” Rust LLMOps while prioritizing humans over corporate power. Unusually for a founder, he still contributes code and course notebooks across repos that teach pragmatic deployment patterns for real-world ML.
15 years of coding experience
30 years of employment as a software developer
M.S. Computer Information Systems Expert Systems/AI Database Design, M.S. Computer Information Systems Expert Systems/AI Database Design at California State University, Los AngelesMBA General Management, MBA General Management at University of California, Davis - Graduate School of ManagementCertificate of Completion Cocoa Cocoa Bootcamp, Certificate of Completion Cocoa Cocoa Bootcamp at Big Nerd RanchHigh School College/University Preparatory and Advanced High School/Secondary Diploma Program, High School College/University Preparatory and Advanced High School/Secondary Diploma Program at Temecula Valley High SchoolPrivate College Prep School, Private College Prep School at LinfieldCalifornia Polytechnic State University, San Luis ObispoCalifornia Institute of TechnologyAA Liberal Studies, AA Liberal Studies at Palomar College
English, Spanish, Portuguese
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (41)
kubernetes10
docker10
boto10
python10
apidoc10
scikit10
aws-lambda10
machine-learning10
dockers10
flask-ask10
cicd10
python-course10
huggingface10
api10
mlops10
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
nogibjj/mlops-template
Oct 2022 - Jan 2023
mlops template
Role in this project:
MLOps Engineer
MLOps EngineerContributions:99 commits, 86 pushes, 3 branches in 3 months
Contributions summary:Noah primarily focused on establishing an MLOps template by adding various components and supporting tools. They introduced a basic calculator application with a Python framework, included Docker support for containerization, and incorporated Hugging Face for machine learning tasks. Further enhancements included adding tools for keyword extraction, zero-shot classification, and a BentoML example, demonstrating a comprehensive approach to model deployment and management.
mlopscopilothuggingfacepython
noahgift/Python-MLOps-Cookbook
Mar 2021 - May 2022
This is an example of a Containerized Flask Application that can deploy to many target environments including: AWS, GCP and Azure.
Role in this project:MLOps Engineer
MLOps EngineerContributions:1 review, 92 commits, 3 PRs in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Noah contributed to an MLOps project by creating and modifying a Python Flask application for making machine learning predictions. The commits demonstrate work on data ingestion, cleaning, and model training using libraries like Pandas and Scikit-learn. They also implemented a CLI tool for model retraining and API interaction with a Flask application deployed using Docker. The user appears to be automating ML workflows with a focus on model serving and deployment.
awsazureflask-applicationgcpmlops
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