Sean Wade

Experienced machine learning engineer and scientist. I love solving complex problems and taking algorithms all the way from research to production. Currently creating the future of personalized health. Check out my resume for more details.

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Experience
Senior Machine Learning Engineer / Data Scientist
Apple
Dec 2019 - Current
  • Architected data schema and privacy preserving data collection framework for launch of multiple health related programs (Lumihealth, Heartline, Attain)
  • Led cross-functional team in developing, shipping and maintaining core on-device ML algorithms to 200k+ users:
    • Personalized exercise plan recommender system
    • Unsupervised walk detection algorithm
    • Contextual notification engine using routine identification (commute to work, typical workout time, etc)
    • Meal logging tool with food image classification
  • Evaluated performance of ML models and features by defining metrics, causal inference analysis on user behavior and designing effective experiments
  • Built data pipelines to process petabytes of complex data (Apple Watch sensors, app logs, medical claims)
  • Created dashboards and alerting to monitor KPIs and releases
AI Platform Engineer Intern
Microsoft
Jun 2019 - Sep 2019
  • Created tools to improve deploying, evaluating, and retraining ML models on Azure
  • Extended Azure SDK to incorporate open source projects like MLflow
Machine Learning Resident
Disney
Jan 2018 - May 2018
  • Developed recommender system for rides/attractions in Disney World Park app
  • Created realtime pipelines and dashboards to monitor performance
Computer Vision Engineer
Loveland Innovations
Mar 2017 - Aug 2018
  • Used drone imaging and photogametry to construct 3D models of buildings
  • Built convolutional neural network to identify and classify roof damage
Research
Brigham Young University
Master of Science, Computer Science
Bachelor of Science, Applied Mathematics
December 2017

Researched synthetic cancer cell image generation using conditional adversarial neural networks and wrote a python library to distribute it. Created novel methods for representing medical claims history with vector embeddings.

Skills
Python, Swift, SQL, C++ Distributed systems (Spark, Hadoop, etc) Deep learning (Tensorflow, PyTorch) Experiment design and evaluation Bayesian modeling CV algorithms and tools (OpenCV, PCL) Privacy preserving ML Numerical methods and mathematical modeling