About

I work on the engineering layer that makes ML usable.

I lead machine learning engineering with a focus on platform architecture, MLOps, and production delivery. The throughline in my work is simple: make good models easier to build, ship, and operate.

My background spans research analysis, data engineering, MLOps, and ML platform leadership. That range helps me connect infrastructure decisions to delivery speed, team workflows, and business impact.

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Approach

How I work

  • Design for reliability and repeatability from day one.
  • Prefer reusable platform leverage over one-off heroics.
  • Make tradeoffs explicit: cost, speed, complexity, ownership.
  • Build teams and standards that improve over time.

Where I add value

Teams scaling ML delivery who need stronger platform foundations, faster productionization, or clearer technical direction.

Leadership style

High standards, low drama, clear ownership. I care about technical quality and execution discipline more than presentation.

Career

Path

  1. 2023 — Present

    Sanofi

    Machine Learning Engineering Lead · AI infrastructure and ML platform engineering for global R&D.

  2. 2023

    Petco

    Technology Lead · ML engineering leadership across pricing and personalization systems.

  3. 2019 — 2023

    Loblaw Companies Limited

    Data Engineering and MLOps roles across pricing, promotions, segmentation, and orchestration systems.

  4. 2016 — 2019

    Numeris

    Research Analyst · automation and quality monitoring for national audience data pipelines.

  5. 2014 — 2015

    University of Toronto

    Research Analyst · ETL and warehousing for research and funding analytics.

Core stack

Tools and platforms

Python SQL Go Terraform AWS GCP Airflow / Cloud Composer Vertex AI SageMaker / Bedrock Spark / Dataproc Snowflake CI/CD