About
Professor of computer science and senior machine learning scientist, specializing in artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), data science (DS), software engineering and architecture, and general programming. Martial artist, trained in Taekwondo, Hapkido, Tang Soo Do, Kummooyeh, and street defense. Specialist in lifting heavy things and putting them down. Expert at cooking with both fire and smoke. Old-school Harley biker. Mediocre hunter. Average speaker of Greek as a second language. Most importantly, husband and father, following the Stoic warrior philosopher path, wherever it takes me. I drink, I fight, and I know things.
Sweaty PhD™
Represents the stoic warrior philosopher lifestyle, equal parts fighter and academic, master and student, gym-rat and bookworm, uncivilized barbarian and civilized geek, sweaty and PhD.
- Professor: Austin Community College
- Senior Scientist: Iqumulus, LLC
- Email:Display Email Address
- Undergraduate: BS Economics, BS Finance
- Graduate: MS, Computer Science
- Professional: PhD, Computer Science
The way of the warrior philosopher is a paradox. The warrior embodies the qualities of strength, martial prowess, physical discipline, and fitness, and strives daily to improve those qualities. The philosopher embodies the traits of intelligence, knowledge, education, empathy, reason, and logic, and strives daily to improve those traits. A person who follows this path adheres to the virtues of both, reconciling that duality, solving and living the paradox.
“The society that separates its scholars from its warriors will have
its thinking done by cowards and its fighting by fools.”
- Thucydides
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Skills
Consultant in executive technical leadership and technology; 30+ years of hands-on experience in enterprise software engineering, e-commerce, software architecture, enterprise-grade web application development, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), data science (DS), real-time systems, and data analytics. Professor of computer science, teaching courses in software engineering, programming, data science, and machine learning. Skilled personal combat fighter, in and out of the ring, trained in multiple open-hand martial arts and weapons.
Chicks only dig guys with skills.You know like num-chuk skills, bow hunting skills, computer hacking skills.
- Napolean Dynamite 
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