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Igor Stankevich

Freelance AI Engineer
United States
Toptal Member Since March 16, 2020

Igor is a results-driven quantitative development professional with progressive industry experience in commodities, deep learning, computer vision, and data science. He has demonstrated hands-on financial and AI software development experience with in-depth knowledge of Python. Igor consistently attempts to find the best value-add opportunities and contribute to the team as a whole.

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Derek Owens-Oas

Freelance AI Engineer
United States
Toptal Member Since January 21, 2020

Derek has a PhD in statistical science from Duke and has worked as a data scientist and software developer at Xylem. He's the founder of Tech Smart Magic. Published in the Journal of Classification and a TA of the year, he's an expert in research and teaching. He provides interactive apps, visualizations, and reports. Derek's Python and R programming, top AI and ML methods, and ability to communicate make him an asset to any company. His specialties include text data and online social networks.

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Bhavesh Kakwani

Freelance AI Engineer
Canada
Toptal Member Since May 5, 2020

Bhavesh is an award-winning developer with a strong foundation in math and electronics. His professional experience includes end-to-end embedded software development and hardware design. His code runs on SpaceRyde's gondola and rocket, McMaster University's launched satellite, Quanta Vici's Bluetooth gloves, and Ecobee's IoT lightswitch. These projects are on embedded Linux and microcontrollers (both bare metal and RTOS) and are written in C, C++, and Python.

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Parham Hamouni

Freelance AI Engineer
Canada
Toptal Member Since March 14, 2022

Parham is a data and applied research scientist with 4+ years of machine learning (ML) and deep learning experience. With solid understanding and hands-on experience in Graph ML, natural language processing (NLP), computer vision, time series, generative adversarial networks (GAN), and statistics, he has been teaching Graph ML online and publishing academic papers. Parham successfully led projects using data engineering, clarifying ambiguous problems, and driving insight for the client.

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Henrik Sergoyan

Freelance AI Engineer
Germany
Toptal Member Since November 5, 2021

Henrik is a data scientist with over eight years of experience specializing in natural language processing, focusing on GenAI and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) solutions. He excels in building end-to-end data solutions, including data collection, processing, analytics, reporting, and deployment. Proficient in SQL and NoSQL databases, Henrik combines strong project management skills with innovative problem-solving to deliver exceptional results.

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Joseph Miano

Freelance AI Engineer
United States
Toptal Member Since December 1, 2022

Joseph is a data scientist with 3+ years of experience in computer vision, NLP, and tabular datasets. He's worked on analytics for large-scale medication adherence outreach programs, multi-task neural networks for brain microscopy image segmentation, and NLP models to detect COVID-19 outbreaks from news articles. He's also familiar with model explainability for credit risk assessment and fraud detection models. Joseph holds an MS in Computer Science with a specialization in machine learning.

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Kenneth Howard

Freelance AI Engineer
United States
Toptal Member Since April 11, 2024

Kenneth is a functional analyst with 15 years of experience in product lifecycle management (PLM) and end-to-end SAP implementations, including SAP S/4HANA. With a bachelor's degree in cloud computing and a cybersecurity certification, he's an expert at optimizing systems for cost reduction and workflow efficiency, specializing in planning, design, testing, deployment, and support. Kenneth is committed to simplifying technical complexities to enhance productivity and system performance.

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Jeremy Jacobson

Freelance AI Engineer
United States
Toptal Member Since January 20, 2022

Jeremy is a versatile data scientist with six years of experience that includes leading machine learning research projects and managing department teams. He has built data science and ML solutions used by faculty and external partners such as CareerBuilder and UPS. He was recognized by Google Education as a Google Cloud Faculty Expert and selected to the AWS Academy Cloud Council Faculty. Adept at picking up new skills quickly, Jeremy is committed to freelancing excellence.

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Nathan Faber

Freelance AI Engineer
United States
Toptal Member Since February 12, 2021

Nathan is a problem solver at heart, having worked as a chemical engineer, financial data scientist, and portfolio manager. He loves to dive into messy data sets to uncover patterns and leverage the data to benefit the business. His quantitative and qualitative analysis skills in machine learning, visualization, and model creation, paired with his attention to detail and development experience in various programming languages, make him an ideal candidate for tackling any project.

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Benjamin Breton

Freelance AI Engineer
United States
Toptal Member Since November 7, 2022

Benjamin is passionate about data science and enjoys operating in different sectors. He aims to identify business needs, design an adapting solution, and create value from data. Benjamin has prolific professional experience and has collaborated with 30 startups and large companies during 45 missions.

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Darron Fuller

Freelance AI Engineer
United States
Toptal Member Since July 29, 2019

Darron has 15 years of experience in R&D and client-facing roles as lead engineer of mission-critical artificial intelligence and machine learning and advanced analytics software for notable clients in global media, renewable energy industries, and the U.S. Department of Defense. Darron holds a BSc in computer science and an MSc in data analytics engineering with disciplines in AI and machine learning, decision optimization/mathematical modeling, and computational statistics.

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Within days, we'll introduce you to the right AI engineer for your project. Average time to match is under 24 hours.
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