Richard Stilborn
Lead AI ML Platform Engineer
Littleton, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRichard Stilborn is a seasoned Lead AI/ML Platform Engineer with 20+ years building mission-critical systems and scaling teams from startups to Fortune 500s. He combines hands-on software and systems architecture experience (C++, Java, Python, ROS, OpenCV) with deep MLOps expertise—designing self-service templates, pipelines, and cloud-native platforms that cut model production costs and accelerate deployments. Richard has led large cross-functional programs that delivered both technical innovation and measurable business impact, including a real-time charging system that generated $100M+/year and product improvements that drove new sales. Comfortable leading distributed teams, recruiting and coaching engineers, he pairs pragmatic engineering with product-minded thinking to turn research into production-grade services. Based in Littleton, Colorado, he brings an uncommon mix of low-level systems craftsmanship and cloud-first ML platform leadership.
10 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies at Founder Institute - DenverMaster of Engineering (MEng) Micro-electronics and Software Engineering, Master of Engineering (MEng) Micro-electronics and Software Engineering at Newcastle UniversityNanodegree Artificial Intelligence, Nanodegree Artificial Intelligence at UdacityGithub contributions (5)
rcstilborn/SecMon
Aug 2017 - Nov 2017
Contributions:46 commits, 28 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
rcstilborn/PA-ApiServer
May 2016 - Dec 2016
Contributions:12 pushes, 3 branches in 7 months
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