Zach Lawless
Senior Data Scientist
Dallas, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolZach Lawless is a Senior Data Scientist at QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey, with six years of experience applying ML and data engineering across advanced industries. He progressed from associate data engineer to senior AI/ML engineer at Lockheed Martin, bringing deep domain experience in aerospace and defense before moving into consulting-focused AI solutions. Zach holds a BS in Computer Engineering from Texas A&M and an MS in Computer Science from Columbia Engineering, blending strong engineering fundamentals with advanced research training. He specializes in taking models from prototype to production in complex, regulated environments, often bridging technical teams and business stakeholders. Known for pragmatic problem-solving, he pairs rigorous model development with production-ready tooling and operational awareness. Based in Dallas, he quietly leverages aerospace-grade practices to make industrial AI projects robust and auditable.
6 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Engineering at Texas A&M UniversityMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at Columbia Engineering
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Github Skills (5)
playing7
java6
databases4
database4
reinforcement-learning3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
zach-lawless/coms6998-project
Oct 2020 - Dec 2020
Contributions:30 commits, 4 pushes in 1 month
zach-lawless/gym-wordle
Jan 2022 - Feb 2022
Gym environment for playing Wordle with RL agents
Contributions:11 commits, 1 PR, 3 pushes in 19 days
rl-agentsreinforcement-learningwordleagentsgym-environment
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