Zachary Wentzell
VP - Applied AI ML Lead at JPMorganChase
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZachary Wentzell is an applied AI/ML leader with nine years of hands-on experience building data-driven solutions across finance, academia, and startups, now serving as VP and Applied AI/ML Lead at JPMorgan Chase in New York. He combines a strong programming background and creative problem-solving with deep domain knowledge in ESG, quantitative development, and generative models from his PhD work in computational molecular evolution. Zachary has led cross-functional teams at Morgan Stanley and scaled analytics platforms in earlier roles, while also teaching and mentoring as an adjunct professor and instructor. His research—designing deep generative models for mutationally robust enzymes—signals an uncommon blend of cutting-edge ML research and production-focused engineering.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
B.S., Physics, Mathematics, B.S., Physics, Mathematics at Louisiana State UniversityMaster's degree, Business Intelligence and Analytics: Data Science Specialization, Master's degree, Business Intelligence and Analytics: Data Science Specialization at Stevens Institute of TechnologyCertificate toward Graduate Studies, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Certificate toward Graduate Studies, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering at Texas State UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computational Analysis and Modeling - Data Mining, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computational Analysis and Modeling - Data Mining at Louisiana Tech UniversityData Science, Machine Learning, Spark, Mapreduce, Data Visualization, Data Science, Machine Learning, Spark, Mapreduce, Data Visualization at The Data IncubatorDoctor of Philosophy - PhD (ABD), Plant Biology, EEB/Computational Biology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD (ABD), Plant Biology, EEB/Computational Biology at The University of Texas at Austin
English, Spanish
Github Skills (5)
spring-boot3
java2
spring2
web-analytics1
analytics1
Github contributions (5)
zacwentzell/BIA660D
Jan 2018 - Feb 2018
Contributions:10 commits, 30 pushes, 1 branch in 21 days
zacwentzell/DLND
Apr 2017 - Sep 2017
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
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