Troy Thibodeaux
Director Of AI Products And Services at Associated Press
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
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Top SchoolTroy Thibodeaux is a seasoned technology and digital news leader with 16 years of experience shaping how journalism meets technology at The Associated Press. He currently directs AI products and services, leading cross-functional teams to explore responsible AI, machine learning and automation across news gathering, production and presentation. Previously he built and scaled AP’s digital news organization—launching its social and audience engagement teams, redesigning the website, and expanding video and newsletter strategies. Trained as a PhD in English and American Literature, he pairs deep storytelling and editorial judgment with technical fluency in data journalism and news applications. Based in New Orleans, he is comfortable translating newsroom priorities into product and engineering roadmaps and is known for hiring and organizing multidisciplinary teams that operationalize innovative journalism. An often-overlooked strength is his ability to bridge academic rigor in the humanities with pragmatic, production-focused technology leadership.
16 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Media Transformation Challenge, Organizational Leadership, Media Transformation Challenge, Organizational Leadership at Poynter InstitutePhD, English and American Literature, PhD, English and American Literature at New York UniversityMaster of Arts - MA, ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE/LETTERS, Master of Arts - MA, ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE/LETTERS at Louisiana State UniversityBA, English, Philosophy, BA, English, Philosophy at University of Notre Dame
Github Skills (24)
sqlite9
sql9
database9
python2
geography2
dataframes1
development-machine1
databases1
data-integrity1
cli-framework1
simplify1
javascript1
data-quality1
data-collection1
data-science1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
tthibo/SQL-Tutorial
Mar 2010 - Dec 2018
A Gentle Introduction to SQL Using SQLite
Contributions:33 commits, 23 pushes, 5 comments in 8 years 10 months
sqlsqlite3sqlitegentledatabase
lgants/SamanthaScrape
Mar 2017 - Mar 2017
Contributions:3 pushes in 1 day
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