Summary
Walker Rowe is a seasoned software engineer and senior data scientist with over 25 years of programming experience and a decade focused on data science, machine learning, and developer education. Based in Cyprus and a US citizen, he runs The Silicon Skeptic YouTube channel and Hypatia Academy, producing Spanish-language content and free curricula on CUDA/GPU programming, Python, AI, and statistics. His freelance work spans production-grade ML pipelines (Spark, Kafka, Snowflake), real-time analytics, LLM agent design, and developer docs for firms like Qualtrics and Unbabel, with a track record of Top‑Rated Upwork engagements. Walker pairs deep systems background in identity and middleware (Siteminder, LDAP, ArcSight) with hands-on ML engineering, and he’s authored a practical book on regression and clustering used in his teaching. He’s notable for combining enterprise-grade engineering with public-facing education — having taught 100+ Ukrainian students for free and maintained active open teaching resources.
10 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
MBA, Information Technology, MBA, Information Technology at The George Washington University School of Business
Bachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics at University of South Carolina
Spanish, French, English