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    Alex Thompson

    Alex Thompson

    Autonomous vehicles and robotics algorithms engineer and mathematician

    Data Scientist San Francisco Bay Area Carnegie Mellon Unive...
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    Experience
    NAUTO
    NAUTO
    Head of Driver Behavior 2017 - 2018 (10 months)
    I led the Driver Behavior Team, which created Nauto's vehicle dynamics algorithms and risk algorithms.

    • Expanded the team from two to four algorithms experts.
    •... more Developed a product roadmap and steered its execution across 5 release cycles.
    • Coordinated development for production w/ ENG teams across several functions.
    • As an IC, developed and released (1) a major revision of Nauto's risk scoring algorithm, and (2) major infrastructure to enable algorithms to compensate for vehicle variation.
    Data Scientist 2016 - 2017 (over 1 year)
    I work in a dual role, part data scientist and algorithm builder, part insurer-facing data scientist building data partnerships and acting as technical liaison.

    • Scoped,... more conceptualized, and designed four versions of Nauto’s risk estimation algorithm, VERA.
    • Coordinated the efforts of seven staff across many functions to implement VERA’s data collection, implementation, and UI/UX.
    • Designed and implemented engineering VERA risk scoring models in production.
    Inclusive Communities Project
    Inclusive Communities Project
    Statistical Consultant 2008 - 2011 (over 2 years)
    Prepared winning statistical analyses and prepared expert witness for lawsuits alleging racial discrimination in the placement of affordable housing including a successful... more lawsuit v. State of Texas.
    Mar Vista Community Council
    Mar Vista Community Council
    Board Member 2010 - 2012 (over 2 years)
    Bikeside and Bikerowave
    Bikeside and Bikerowave
    Founder, Cofounder 2006 - 2011 (almost 5 years)
    Co-founded and operated the community bike shop Bikerowave, managing 500 volunteer hours monthly. Founded Bikeside, a 501c4 dedicated to cycling in LA, organizing LA cyclists... more to persuade officials to improve traffic safety, in part based on analysis of 50,000 annual collisions in Los Angeles.
    Founder
    Bikeside and Bikerowave
    Employee
    NAUTO, Inclusive Communities Project
    Investor
     
    Incubator
     
    Advisor
     
    Attorney
     
    Board Member
    Mar Vista Community Council
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    About
    Achievements

    With no experience, I launched and guided a not-for-profit bike shop to solvency. We went from a 200 sq ft sublet with a parking lot entrance to a thriving storefront on Venice Blvd in Mar Vista. Getting any startup off the ground is hard, but the fact that Bikerowave is an entirely volunteer operated and staffed California Co-op made figuring out the business model. I'm most proud that when I walked away, Bikerowave kept spinning unperturbed, like the top in Inception!

    Describe the most impressive thing you've done.
    Skills
    Python Scala Microsoft Excel Mathematics Account Management Cloud Computing Deep Learning
    Locations
    Denver Washington DC Ann Arbor Boulder Silicon Valley San Francisco Bay Area San Francisco Vancouver
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