ML + Data Science
Applied machine learning and signal processing for real systems: bio-signals, acoustics, ecology, and recommendation systems.
Focus areas have included FDA-facing diabetes algorithms, machine learning for the U.S. National Park Service, and music discovery systems used by Apple, Spotify, Google, and Amazon.
Music + Technology
I spent nearly a decade performing in New York and Los Angeles, with work including Broadway national tours, a double Grammy-nominated recording with Hollywood film composer Patrick Williams, performing with Foo Fighters at the Grammy Awards, and performances with John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin, Ravi Coltrane, and Juliette Lewis. Winner at the National Trumpet Competition, Washington D.C.
Serious Fun
I have a hand-tool woodworking studio in Bentonville — mostly joinery, no power tools. I cook. I spent a semester at Brightwater Culinary School. I'm a certified Arkansas Master Naturalist, which mostly means I spend time in the Ozarks paying close attention. I grew up fly fishing for trout in northern New Mexico and have kept it up for twenty-five years.
Selected Professional Work
- At Tidepool, I worked on data science and simulation systems that contributed to FDA-cleared insulin dosing algorithms for Type 1 diabetes.
- InsuLearner + Insulearner Web: a freely available tool for the diabetes community, with Tidepool and Nightscout support.
- At Gracenote, I helped build machine listening technology used in music discovery experiences for Apple, Spotify, Google, and Amazon.
- For the U.S. National Park Service, I built a machine learning bird detection project for ecological audio in Alaska.
- At Change.org, I worked on recommendation systems connecting people to causes and campaigns.
Formal Education
- B.S. Mechanical Engineering, TCU.
- Master of Music in Jazz Trumpet, Manhattan School of Music.
- Graduate study in Music Technology, Georgia Institute of Technology.
- Studied trumpet with Jon Faddis and Scott Wendholt.
- Training at Brightwater Culinary School.
- Certified Arkansas Master Naturalist.
Current Focus
My current work is remote data science, ongoing composition and performance through TechTet, and being a dad.