tl;dr I solve product and research problems that require ML/AI - especially computer vision, LLMs, and multimodal systems.

In a Nutshell

I help teams ship ML systems that have meaningful business impact - from problem framing and data pipelines, through model development and evaluation, to production deployment. My core domains are computer vision (images/video) and NLP/LLMs.

I am a full-stack ML architect/applied researcher, meaning I own the full lifecycle: research, data, training, evaluation, deployment. I have done this for both early-stage startups and large organizations.

I love computer vision. Yep, I literally love what I do, which means I’m always up to date. I’ve been working with images and videos for more than 10 years. These days a lot of that is generative work as well - using whichever approach is the right tool for the job. I also have a far-reaching background in computer graphics and classical image processing (that’s actually where I started).

But I also specialize in NLP/LLMs. In recent years, a significant portion of my work has been about making LLMs useful in production: RAG systems, large-scale knowledge graphs (and traversal), real agentic workflows, and the evaluation + engineering needed to make them reliable and testable. This dual focus is especially handy for projects that bridge visual and textual domains.

I also consider myself a capable software engineer with a strong grasp of both Python and the usual collection of auxiliary tools/frameworks my work often requires. This includes everything from managing annotation databases to querying them - and building the tooling around them (e.g., vector search and analytics infrastructure).

Experience

Since 2021 I’ve been working as an independent consultant, typically as the hands-on technical lead for ML execution. Prior to that, I was a computer vision research manager at Trigo. Before Trigo I was a computer vision research scientist at Amazon’s Lab126. I was also extremely lucky to work on my MSc thesis at Disney Research as an Imagineering intern, under the supervision of Prof. Arik Shamir.

I hold an M.Sc and a B.Sc in Computer Science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, and a minor in Visual Communications from Bezalel Academy for Art and Design.

As a consultant I was lucky enough to work with Deci.ai, Lemonade, Mixtiles, Papaya-Global, Simply, and more (including startups that were later acquired).

See my LinkedIn profile for a more detailed background and recent list of clients.

Working Together

If you feel like this is up your alley, let’s talk.