Tom Szumowski is a Sr. Principal Data Scientist with nine years of industry experience building AI systems that accelerate product development and time-to-market for fashion and retail brands. Based in Philadelphia, he has risen through progressive data science and engineering roles at URBN and Nuuly, translating advanced ML into production-ready solutions across Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie, Free People and Nuuly. His background in electrical and computer engineering (Rutgers) and an M.S. in electrical engineering (UPenn) informs a rigorous, systems-oriented approach to model design and deployment. Tom pairs hands-on technical leadership with cross-functional impact—leading teams, shipping scalable models, and embedding analytics into product workflows. He also brings prior applied research and engineering experience from Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Technology Laboratories, giving him a strong foundation in complex, high-assurance systems. Notably, his career progression shows a knack for turning experimental AI into measurable business outcomes within large retail ecosystems.
9 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.) Electrical Engineering, Master of Science (M.S.) Electrical Engineering at University of Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Science (BS) Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS) Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rutgers University
Serverless OpenAI+ChatGPT+Pinecone cloud-based pipelines to embed and index all the things for a personal semantic search engine
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