Philippe Heitzmann
Forward Deployed Engineer at Peregrine
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolPhilippe Heitzmann is a Forward Deployed Engineer and AI-focused technical product leader with 11 years of experience building production ML and computer vision systems across startups and enterprise firms. A Harvard MBA and Duke-trained data scientist, he has driven measurable business impact from JPMorgan churn models that cut outflows by $80M to AI-driven SaaS features that generated net-new ARR at Arcules and edge-deployed pedestrian detection hitting 96% accuracy in thousands of Honda SUVs. He blends hands-on model development (YOLO, ZoeDepth, segmentation) with product strategy and investor-facing analytics from prior credit-investing roles, making him fluent in both technical delivery and commercial outcomes. Now building next-generation public safety software at Peregrine, he brings a track record of shipping safety-critical, edge-capable models and translating complex data insights into executive decisions. An unusual mix of private markets analysis, ML engineering, and product leadership gives him a rare ability to evaluate risk, ROI, and technical feasibility end-to-end.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Double-major in Economics (B.S.), International Relations (B.A.), Certificate in Data Science, Double-major in Economics (B.S.), International Relations (B.A.), Certificate in Data Science at Duke UniversityMagna cum Laude, Magna cum Laude at Groton SchoolData Science Bootcamp, Data Science Bootcamp at NYC Data Science AcademyMaster of Business Administration - MBA, Master of Business Administration - MBA at Harvard Business School
English, French, Spanish
Github Skills (61)
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Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
philippe-heitzmann/YOLOv5_Distress_Detection
Jul 2021 - Nov 2022
Contributions:95 commits, 2 PRs, 70 pushes in 1 year 4 months
philippe-heitzmann/LendingClub_ML_App
Nov 2020 - Nov 2022
Contributions:1 review, 32 commits, 8 PRs in 2 years
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