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Richmond Alake

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MongoDB

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My Work

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My Work Experience

Where I've interned and worked during my career.

Slalom Build | Apr 2022 - Present

Machine Learning Architect

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Emeritus | Feb 2022 - Aug 2022

Program Lead / Learning Facilitator

Providing educational services for a Professional Certificate in Machine learning and Artificial Intelligence for Imperial College Business School - Creating and presenting lectures on Data Science and Statistics topics in relation to machine learning - Informing students on the latest advanced trends within the field of deep learning and artificial intelligence - Creating and presenting lecture content around machine learning and deep learning topics such as convolutional neural networks, backpropagation, neural networks etc - Introducing and showcasing functionalities of tools utilised within the ML field to students, such as Keras, TensorFlow, SciKit Learn, Pandas etc - Educating students on the development of machine learning models, from traditional Random Forest classifiers to more complex deep learning neural networks architecture. - Informing students about real-world problems where machine learning solutions can be leveraged - Marking and providing grades and feedback on weekly assignments and a final course capstone project. - Weekly delivery of machine learning and deep learning course materials over 25 weeks.

NVIDIA | Nov 2021 - Present

Contributing Writer

As a Contributing Writer for NVIDIA, I write and creatte compelling content on Machine Learning, Data Science and AI topics for a data science audience. My role involves researching and staying up-to-date on the latest advancements in these fields and identifying and writing about topics that interest our readers. Key Responsibilities: - Researching and staying up-to-date on the latest advancements in Machine Learning, Data Science and AI - Identifying and writing about topics that would be of interest to our readers - Creating compelling and informative content for our data science audience - Collaborating with other writers and editors to ensure that our content is of the highest quality - Leveraging my expertise in these fields to create technical tutorials and explain complex concepts in an easy-to-understand manner

Loveshark | Feb 2020 - Feb 2022

Computer Vision Engineer

Leading Computer Vision initiative and implementation for unique and immersive experience within iOS mobile game applications. Responsible for the research and implementation of common Computer Vision techniques such as pose estimation, semantic segmentation, gesture recognition and face/facial feature detection. Mainly working with the TensorFlow machine learning library (Python and JS) and Apple's CoreML models

O'Reilly Media | Aug 2021 - Dec 2021

Course Instructor

Constructed, led and delivered a training course on Computer Vision in the O'Reilly Live training session. https://bit.ly/3JoOjAi - Led a team of students in learning the theory and practical components of computer vision and deep - learning - Provided explanations of widely used terminologies and taught Python programming language - Guided students in implementing techniques and solutions to a typical computer vision image - classification problem using Python, TensorFlow, NumPy, and pandas - Used Jupyter notebooks for hands-on learning and practice - Taught the application of computer vision in practical environments - Explained the fundamental components of deep learning as a machine learning field - Demonstrated how to leverage deep learning to solve computer vision tasks - Taught the structural components of deep neural networks and convolutional neural networks - Provided guidance for students to implement solutions to common computer vision tasks - Demonstrated the use of machine learning libraries to implement deep learning solutions - Helped students to build a deep neural network that classifies images - Helped students to build a convolutional neural network (AlexNet) that classifies images - Demonstrated the use of TensorBoard to visualize the neural network training process

Eventcide | Jan 2017 - Jan 2020

Founder and Developer

N/A

Allianz | Jun 2018 - Oct 2018

Contract Web Developer

Front End developer utilizing the Angular 1.x and Angular framework

ORM | Apr 2018 - Jun 2018

Contract Web Developer

applications

TeacherHQ | May 2017 - Mar 2018

Full Stack JavaScript Developer

Developing and maintaining the application Frontend with AngularJS Developing and maintaining the application Backend with NodeJS and Express Developing and maintaining the application database (PostgreSQL)(KnexJS) Deploying and maintaining application and database server on AWS Developing functional testing and maintaining Front End browser testing with Nightwatch Implementing and handling application error logging with Rollbar Building RESTful APIs endpoints Managing ongoing project plans and timelines. Training junior developers. Turning ideas from the team into product features Oversight of core platform development (Front and Back end)

Firmstep | Jun 2016 - Apr 2017

Graduate Software Developer

System Maintenance and Testing • Developing and maintaining bespoke software solutions that integrate with the core system. • Reviewing current systems. • Developing, testing and supporting software solutions. • System testing and documentation. • Working closely with analysts, designers and employees. • Planning, designing and conducting tests of components; correcting errors and re-testing to achieve an error-free result. • Assisting with the presentation of new ideas for system improvements, including cost proposals. • Attending daily SCRUM meetings. Coding and Testing • Working with Software Developers to produce detailed specifications and in writing programme codes. • Assisting with testing the product in controlled, real situations before going live. • Keeping coding standards high. • Being aware of fixes on dev test and making sure a Software Developer has signed this off. Technologies and languages - JavaScript - PHP - JQuery - PHP - Nightwatch.js

Kingston University | Jan 2016 - Jul 2016

Student Helper

Kingston University Student Helper January 2016 Taking time once a week to assist lecturers to help with their 2nd year students in their Project Management classes. The role involves assisting lecturers in delivering tasks relating to educating students on web technologies such as HTML, CSS and JavaScript Responsibilities: - Teaching students the Bootstrap framework and how to utilise its features in webpages. - Assisting students in getting knowledge on HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

GE Capital | Sep 2015 - Mar 2016

IT Intern

Android Mobile Application Developer

GE Capital | Jun 2014 - Jul 2015

Business Analyst Intern

Distribution Finance sector of GE Capital Bank. Daily role involves managing regular testing of On-line customer facing software and systems. Managing projects that involves different aspect of changes to the software and systems, ranging from design changes functionality implementation and enhancements. Development and design of innovative software such as mobile application available on iOS and Android platforms.

Jobinasecond | Jun 2012 - Sep 2012

Marketing

My duties required me to initiate a brief dialogue and interact with teenagers all over London and create awareness among communities for the company through different means such as media, social networking sites, festivals and leaflets. I had to devise methods that will increase the amount of registered users on the website each week including campaigns. I also had the duty of maintaining communication with the customers at first hand; recording their opinions on several services been offered by the company and incorporating their ideas into the services we delivered to the public. Also tasked with testing out new implemented features on the company’s website and reporting any faults.

My Education

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Masters in Computer Vision, Machine learning and Robotics, Artificial IntelligenceUniversity of Surrey | 2019

Bachelor's Degree, Computer Software EngineeringKingston University | 2016

A levels, Mathematics, Computing and PhysicsSaint Francis Xavier Sixth Form | 2012

About Me

Richmond Alake is a highly experienced Machine Learning Architect and Engineer with over five years of expertise in the field. He specializes in Computer Vision and Deep Learning and has a proven track record of successfully developing and integratin

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