Preston Willis
Director, Software Development (AI) at CentralSquare Technologies
Dallas, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPreston Willis is an AI Architect and founder with nine years of experience designing mission-critical, CJIS-compliant systems that serve millions of Americans. Based in Dallas, he blends hands-on full‑stack engineering with product and DevOps leadership—having built PWAs, APIs, and cloud-native infrastructure, then exited his startup to CentralSquare Technologies. His work spans from Kubernetes and AWS migrations to research-driven predictive topology models for biomedical implant contouring, highlighting a knack for applying statistical and ML methods to real-world problems. At CentralSquare he focuses on safer, smarter community systems, while drawing on prior experience developing low-latency market tooling and rapid prototyping in mobile and web. A Southern Methodist University computer science major, he complements technical depth with GTM strategy, UI/UX design, and financial modeling—an unusual mix that accelerates productization of complex R&D.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
St Pauls SchoolSt. Paul's SchoolComputer Science, Computer Science at Southern Methodist University
Github Skills (45)
unity3d9
deep-reinforcement-learning8
reinforcement-learning8
kubernetes7
continuous-delivery7
etch7
machine-learning7
gitops7
helm7
tensorflow7
monkey-patching7
backup6
ml-agents6
deep-learning6
code-structure6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
preston-willis/react-datepick
Apr 2020 - Aug 2020
Date-range picker for react
Contributions:1 release, 22 PRs, 77 pushes in 3 months
daterangepickerreact
preston-willis/OrganismEvolution
Nov 2022 - Jun 2026
Contributions:4 PRs, 13 pushes, 10 branches in 3 years 6 months
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