Rod Frey
Co-founder, CEO at Datamint
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolRod Frey is a seasoned technologist and serial founder with over two decades building startups that bridge software, hardware, and applied machine learning. As Co-founder and CEO of Sonance.ai (DataMint), he now focuses on accelerating AI in healthcare—especially radiographic and point-of-care ultrasound—by combining dataset tooling, annotation, model versioning, and clinical deployment. He pairs hands-on engineering (from mobile Android apps to backend systems) with program and risk management experience gained leading projects at MEDO.ai and industrial energy ventures like Kanin Energy. Rod’s background spans hardware-integrated ventures (GUILD eyewear manufacturing systems) and deep technical roles (CTO, chief scientist), giving him a rare fluency across product, operations, and research. Known for shipping working systems himself, he also brings a thoughtful interdisciplinary perspective informed by engineering and philosophical studies.
12 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) Computer and Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) Computer and Electrical Engineering at University of Alberta
Github Skills (11)
controller8
cnc-controller7
parser7
cnc6
makers6
arduino6
high-performance5
machine-learning5
avr5
embedded5
attiny4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
guildeyewear/framebot2
Mar 2015 - Mar 2017
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years
guildeyewear/legoserver
Feb 2015 - Mar 2015
Contributions:3 pushes in 1 month
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