Consulting

I am available for both full-time and part-time contract work. I specialize in digital technology, specifically modeling & simulation and optimization. I can help with the technical, funding, and business strategy surrounding deploying these techniques in products. I can write up the results in academic journals and present them at conferences if doing so is warranted. I aim for high risk, high reward, deep technical challenges.

Nuts and bolts

The Highlights section gives a sense of the type and scope of work I have previously done. The CV and resume links up top have more detail. My rate sheet gives a sense of cost. The icons at the bottom of the page link to my various social media, email, and XMPP accounts as well as a scheduling page. Serious inquiries only please. I am happy to share references.

I prefer having a short, low-risk discovery engagement before diving into a long-term commitment. The purpose is to dig into the details of the problem or project and produce a preliminary plan that is of independent value regardless.

Highlights

Here are a few engagements I am especially fond of, organized into four broad categories. Links marked "(archived)" go to the Internet Archive version of the site as it was when I worked with the organization.

Consulting & Scientific Direction

  • EIS Council, GINOM (archived): I was technical lead for the development of the GINOM® large-scale multi-sector meta-simulation. GINOM® focused on simulating critical infrastructure networks–centering on the electric grid–and supply chains for training, planning and decision support, furthering EIS Council's mission to protect against black sky hazards
  • Icosystem Corporation (archived): As a senior scientist at this boutique consultancy I provided scientific direction, conducted research, implemented algorithms, and managed or executed projects for such clients as The XO Group (The Knot), Humana Inc., Novartis International AG, GlaxoSmithKline, and The W.K. Kellogg Foundation. As director of science I was responsible for the design and execution of the scientific aspects of individual projects, the vitality and rigor of Icosystem's scientific process company-wide, and contributing to blog posts, articles, and proposals
  • MTI, Technology Assistance Program: A program through the Maine Technology Institute to help small businesses seeking federal funding. The MTI TAP team provides free, expert guidance to Maine small businesses seeking SBIR/STTR funding. I specialize in supporting AI-related projects, and help with software-heavy or automation-heavy projects
  • MTI, Maine Entrepreneurial Research Corps: As their web site puts it, "Subsidized consulting, connecting you with experienced Maine-based professionals to tackle key business challenges"

Scientific Advising and R&D

  • Cienaga Systems: Cienaga is a cybersecurity startup developing autonomous cybersecurity threat detection and prevention technology. I advised them on the development of a novel set of network anomaly detectors. Generally, I provided expertise in artificial intelligence, machine learning, time series analysis and predictive analytics. I also advised on grant funding strategy and helped with proposal writing
  • Inventr (archived): Inventr developed technology aimed at helping R&D teams monitor competitive IP in real-time. I assisted with strategy, proposal writing, and strategic project execution
  • Legit AI (archived): I co-founded and served as chief scientist of this startup, leveraging large language model (LLM) technology of the day to create apps aiding medical device R&D practitioners and managers. See Legit.aiLegit.ai
    A startup company I co-founded in 2016 while I was consulting between jobs. We explored using natural language processing techniques on US patent grants and Pubmed articles and built a couple proto...     for more information about the startup and Legit techLegit tech
    The primary goal of this set of modules is taking text processing capabilities up one level of abstraction. Many of the items listed below already exist as freely-available libraries. These librari...     for details on the technology I built there

University Research

  • Tufts University, Birds In Ancient Mythology: A long-running, interdisciplinary project spanning film, classics, biology, and computer science that "invites the public to engage with the fields of classics and ornithology" via short films, data analysis products, public presentations, and an interactive web site centered around a digital edition of D'Arcy Thompson's A Glossary of Greek Birds. I have aided in the production of this digital edition, performed a number of qualitative data analyses, presented the project publicly, contributed to proposal writing to fund the project, and advised students working on the project
  • Brandeis University, DEMO Lab, Community of Evolving Learners: An educational technology project I worked on as a graduate student in the DEMO Lab at Brandeis University. I worked out some of the theory behind the adaptive algorithms used in this project and did significant Java software development for it

Teaching