Russell Pierce
VP AI Engineering at Computer Visionaries.AI
Dallas, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolRussell Pierce is a VP of AI Engineering with 12 years of experience building production AI, computer vision, and data platforms for enterprise and Fortune 500 clients from Dallas. He combines hands-on architecture and engineering leadership—shipping RAG, document parsing, edge compute, and multi-camera fusion systems—with strategic program and financial oversight, having revitalized and prepared a multi-year, multi-team IP asset for sale. Previously he scaled engineering organizations, drove SOC2 readiness, and quadrupled deployment velocity through pragmatic process and architecture changes. Trained as a cognitive psychologist (PhD), he brings a research-driven lens to applied ML problems, translating human-centered insights into robust, production-ready models and data pipelines. Known for unifying siloed teams, he favors measurable improvements in reliability and delivery over theoretical gains.
12 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Psychology, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Psychology at California State University, Long BeachPhD Cognitive Psychology, PhD Cognitive Psychology at University of California, Riverside
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apache-arrow10
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data-science10
apache10
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Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
russellpierce/repsych
Jul 2013 - Sep 2015
Contributions:42 commits, 1 PR, 7 pushes in 2 years 2 months
r-packagepsychologyrstatsreproduciblereproducible-research
zapier/awsjavasdk
Dec 2016 - Nov 2020
Boilerplate rJava Access to the AWS Java SDK
Contributions:1 release, 105 commits, 4 PRs in 3 years 11 months
boilerplatesdkaws-java-sdkawsjava
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