Ryan Micallef
Machine Learning Researcher at Vagilant Technologies, BV
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolRyan Micallef is a machine learning researcher and software engineer with 11 years of experience bridging ML research, software architecture, and intellectual property law. Based in Amsterdam, he combines hands-on research roles at Vagilant Technologies and Cloudera with earlier stints as a computer scientist and engineer, bringing practical production experience to experimental ML work. His unusual background as a former IP litigator and general counsel gives him a rare fluency in patent strategy and technology litigation, making him adept at navigating legal constraints around emerging AI systems. He’s been a maker-member at NYC Resistor since 2009, reflecting a long-standing hacker ethos of “make stuff, break stuff” that informs pragmatic prototyping. Colleagues rely on him to translate complex research into architected solutions while anticipating IP and compliance risks. This mix of technical depth, legal insight, and tinkering curiosity makes him effective at shipping secure, auditable ML products.
11 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
B.S., Computer Science, B.S., Computer Science at Georgia Institute of TechnologyJ.D., J.D. at Brooklyn Law School
German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (2)
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Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
rmicallef/nytparser
Apr 2019 - Apr 2019
Contributions:13 pushes, 1 branch in 5 days
rmicallef/bfpytorch
Nov 2018 - Dec 2018
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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