Rob Werfelmann
Senior AI Engineer at Credential Network
Spokane, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRob Werfelmann is a Senior AI Engineer with 12 years of technical experience and a strong focus on NLP, model engineering, and end-to-end AI workflows. He has led the development and long-term productionization of a custom BERT variant for patent language that powered document similarity and clustering for nearly four years, demonstrating both technical depth and product impact. His background spans academia and industry—Master’s-level research experience at KAUST and applied work across healthcare, insurance, and education clients—where he’s combined prompt engineering, literature extraction, and scalable model deployment. Colleagues know him for prioritizing clarity and maintainability in models so teams can iterate quickly, and for mentoring peers to bridge research and productization. Based in Spokane, WA, he seeks collaborative environments where sophisticated architectures meet real-world constraints like cost and scalability.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, 4.00, Computer Science, 4.00 at Mt. Hood Community CollegeCalifornia State University, NorthridgeBachelor's Degree, Computer Science, 3.71, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science, 3.71 at Portland State UniversityMaster’s Degree, Computer Science, Master’s Degree, Computer Science at King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologySanta Monica College
German, Arabic
Github Skills (44)
pytorch9
python9
natural-language-processing9
nlp9
speech-recognition8
transformer8
deep-learning8
bert8
machine-learning8
tf-keras8
lifecycle7
lightning7
artificial-intelligence7
tensorflow7
medicine7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
kl0211/pdx-cs-tutors
Jun 2014 - Mar 2015
Contributions:21 commits, 1 PR, 2 pushes in 8 months
sign-insignportlandelectronicportland-state-university
klcollab/PEP-workflows
Dec 2024 - Dec 2024
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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