Shay Neufeld
Senior Director Of Software at Epia Neuro
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolShay Neufeld is a senior software leader based in Vancouver with a decade of experience at the intersection of neuroscience, machine learning, and medical devices. He has led data and software organizations through roles at Inscopix, iota Biosciences/Astellas, and now Epia Neuro, translating complex neural science into reliable, product-ready analytics and embedded systems. His background includes a PhD in neuroscience from Harvard and hands-on ML engineering and data-product roles, giving him rare fluency across research, product, and engineering. Shay also contributes industry perspective through board and advisory roles, reflecting a focus on making neurotechnology both clinically impactful and scalable. Notably, he moves fluidly between strategic leadership and technical delivery, often operationalizing research-grade algorithms into regulated medical workflows.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Neuroscience, PhD, Neuroscience at Harvard UniversityBachelor’s Degree, Neuroscience, Physics, Bachelor’s Degree, Neuroscience, Physics at McGill University
English, French
Github Skills (17)
extraction7
reward5
python4
mouse3
octave3
matlab3
machine-learning-models3
bandit3
training-data2
machine-learning2
ipython2
labeling2
pytorch2
music2
computer-vision2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
shayqn/Mouse-Bandit-Behavior
Jun 2016 - Jun 2017
Contributions:26 commits, 10 PRs, 23 pushes in 1 year
mousearmed-banditrewardbanditpoke
shayqn/mouse_bandit
Oct 2016 - Aug 2017
Contributions:119 commits, 2 PRs, 109 pushes in 9 months
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