Zachary L
AI ML Data Operations & Analytics Projects
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZachary L is an AI/ML data operations researcher with 14 years of technical and customer-facing experience and 7+ years focused on NLP annotation, QA, and privacy compliance at Apple supporting Siri. He builds pragmatic Python/SQL/Pandas ETL and Tableau workflows that cut reporting time by 40% and raised annotation consistency—running repeatable experiments that reduced labeling variance by 15%. Equally comfortable in production analytics and low-level code, he has contributed OpenGL/GLX backend improvements and memory-leak fixes to the widely used OBS Studio open-source project. Based in San Antonio, he pairs a background in technical support and business development with rigorous annotation governance to align labeling pipelines to model priorities and localization nuance. Zachary publishes reusable pipelines and methodology docs publicly, blending hands-on engineering with reproducible research practices that accelerate cross-functional ML work.
14 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Arts - BA minor Army ROTC Military Science and Operations, Bachelor of Arts - BA minor Army ROTC Military Science and Operations at The University of Texas at AustinBachelor of Arts - BA Political Science and Psychology, Bachelor of Arts - BA Political Science and Psychology at Concordia University Texas
Russian, French, English
Github Skills (11)
c1710
x1110
glx10
cpp10
c1110
opengl10
cplus10
video-recording4
ffmpeg4
live-streaming3
directshow3
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
obsproject/obs-studio
Dec 2013 - Dec 2018
OBS Studio - Free and open source software for live streaming and screen recording
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:61 commits, 11 PRs, 14 comments in 5 years
Contributions summary:Zachary primarily contributed to the GLX (OpenGL Extension to the X Window System) backend for the OBS Studio project. They implemented GLX-specific functionality, including file handling and context creation, to enhance cross-platform compatibility. The user also addressed memory leaks and implemented OpenGL debugging support and optimized the context initialization. Their work focuses on improving the OpenGL rendering capabilities of OBS Studio.
facebook-livec-plus-plusfree-and-open-source-softwaredirectshowgame-capture
computerquip/xpad5
Apr 2015 - Jul 2015
Contributions:69 pushes, 1 branch, 3 comments in 2 months
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