Kristiyan Georgiev, Ph.D

Experience

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  PSD

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2006

  Software Developer

  Worked on TREAT product, energy modeling software for residential and multifamily buildings, written in Delphi. TREAT receive the prestigious 2005 R&D 100 Award from R&D Magazine as one of the most significant technology developments of the year.

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  Susquehanna International Group, LLP (SIG)

  Jul 2007 - Nov 2009

  Software Developer - Electronic Options Trading

  Developed, tested, implemented, and deployed proprietary trading applications for back-test and realtime; perform associated empirical research and data analysis. Assumed responsibility and developed tool to collect and monitor secondary market data as well as Back-test cluster synchronization.

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  Temple University

  May 2010 - Jun 2014

  Research/Teaching Assistant

  Research Topics==========================1. Dissertation Topic - http://gradworks.umi.com/36/37/3637409.html2. Real-Time 3D Mapping using feature based mapping - https://sites.google.com/site/icfixx/projects/fpe-algorithm3. Computer vision, Robot vision, Machine LearningMobile robots - https://sites.google.com/site/icfixx/projects/robot-dr-faust4. Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) - https://sites.google.com/site/icfixx/projects/t-a-r-os5. Robot map evaluation - https://sites.google.com/site/icfixx/projects/map-evaluation-toolkitClasses Taught==========================1 Spring 2014: CIS1068: Program Design and Abstraction2 Spring 2014: CIS4350: Virtual Reality, Simulations and Game Programming3 Fall 2013: CIS2168: Data Structures and Algorithms in JAVA Show less

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  Growshare - Startup

  Jan 2014 - Jan 2015

  CEO

  Urban Farming with scalable exchange engine to facilitate micro-transactions both monetary and non-monetary. Won runner-up (4th place) in the global Google Places API Developer Challenge 2013. And in 2015 won the prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) I-Corp grant, during which I assembled a team of three. After an extensive 6+ months of research following the Steve Blank's Lean Startup methodology, we have concluded that the idea is not feasible.

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  Perch (acquired by Raydiant)

  Apr 2015 - Mar 2016

  Computer Vision Scientist & Lead Developer

  Lead developer for the core real-time user interaction algorithm. Researched new frameworks and technologies and evaluated their applicability. Maintained and expanded +200k lines of C++ code base. From the ground up, designed and built a new version of core computer vision software in C++ and OpenCV to solve scalability and maintenance issues. ==================Increased company revenue in 2016 by $1M.

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  Progyny, Inc.

  Apr 2016 - Jan 2019

  Sr. Computer Vision Developer, Manager

  -Lead a team of 10 engineers and data scientist responsible for building EEVA3X, a time lapse system for IVF embryo selection. EEVA, a HIPPA compliant, CE marked, and FDA approved medical device was deployed to clinics in Europe and Japan. -re-engineered the core computer vision and machine learning algorithms to increase prediction accuracy by 40% and speed by 10x. -As a result of the successful new deployment, EEVA3X was acquired by MERCK KGaA for over $10M in 2018.

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  Spike Hub

  Apr 2017 - Jan 2022

  CTO & Co-Founder

  -Build a decentralized market intelligence hub and portfolio advisor for cryptocurrency investors and day traders.-Accepted into Y Combinator (june 2017) Startup Founder Track-Pitching and Fundraising to potential investors

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  Material Handling Systems, Inc.

  Feb 2019 - Oct 2022

  R&D Sr. Computer Vision and Software Engineering Manager

  - Lead the computer vision research and development for the package singulation robot, side-by-side eliminator robot products from idea to production. Optimized the singulatorrobot’s operational efficiency to exceed state-of-the-art flow rates leading to $98M USD signed contract with USPS.Robot Singulator was awarded Product of the Year 2020, 2021, 2023. - Continuously optimized and delivered deep learning models for object detection, semantic segmentation, image classification. Engineered automated data and machine learning pipelines working with 3Million data points and 100 TB image and point cloud data.- Hired and mentored data scientists, interns, and optimized data annotation efforts with automated model-assisted labeling, and designed in-house image search engines automated data pipelines to further optimize model training.- Lead the GCP (Google Cloud) ML infrastructure design to build CI/CD, automated robot emulation software and testing at scale, lead collegiate career partnerships, conducted interviews, helped mentoring and recruiting efforts. Show less

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  Hosta AI

  Oct 2022 - Nov 2023

  Principal AI Engineer

  -Used PyTorch and mmDetection model to Increase room layout model accuracy by 85%, reduced operating costs by 15%-Built a wall-type classifier with 95% accuracy using ResNET50 embeddings and Milvus vector database. -Supervised a mentored team of 6 engineers, and managed vendors.-Planned and executed regular release schedule, roadmap planning, and new features development.

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  Vanga Vison LLC

  Jan 2024 - now

  Co-Founder CEO & CTO

  -Design, plan and execute development of custom AI solutions. -Consulting on technical roadmap and LLM strategy-Drive innovation in software engineering practices and cloud-based solutions

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  The Parasol Cooperative

  May 2024 - now

  Fractional CTO

  -Reduced IT/Cloud cost by 65%-Managed vendor relationships, IT/cloud services and data security-Deployed RUTH - trauma-informed GenAI, designed to help secure secure devices; works in 80 languages; based on the gpt-4o model.