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brettdavies/README.md

Hi, I’m Brett! 👋

👨💻 Full Stack Engineer | AI Enthusiast | Technical Leader
🌍 Pivoting back to my first love - building intelligent systems through code

After successfully bridging business and technology for years, I'm returning to my technical roots with renewed energy. I'm diving deep into modern AI/ML stacks, distributed systems, and developer tooling - and loving every minute of getting my hands back in the code.

🚀 About Me

  • 🔭 Current Focus: Developing scalable applications and exploring advancements in machine learning and artificial intelligence.
  • 🌱 Learning: Enhancing my skills by integrating AI tools and platforms into my daily workflows.
  • ⚡ Fun Fact: I’m an avid cyclist and enjoy exploring new routes on weekends.
  • 📫 How to Reach Me: Create an Issue or via LinkedIn

📂 Featured Projects

🏆 Gauntlet AI Fellow (0.8% Acceptance Rate)

  • Admitted via CCAT ≥40 (top 5% global cognitive threshold) to this $100M+ funded program
  • Survived 80-100hr/week Survivor-style curriculum: Stanford-level ML coursework + shipping production code in 1-week "Speed Builds"
  • Mastered AI-first engineering: Re-architected systems with LLM copilots while mentoring teams under high performance targets
  1. AutoCRM:
    • Description: A production-grade CRM platform featuring real-time collaboration, military-grade security, and AI-driven insights, built on Supabase for scalable cloud infrastructure. Only my second react stack app, I fully deployed AutoCRM in only 50 development hours.
    • Technologies Used: React, TypeScript, Supabase, PostgreSQL, Tailwind CSS
    • Role: Full-Stack Architect, Developer
    • Key Features:
      • End-to-end type safety with Zod validation
      • Row-level security policies & real-time sync
      • Virtualized lists for 100k+ record datasets

🏆 UCSD ML/AI Engineering Capstone:

  1. UCSD ML/AI Capstone:
    • Description: A UCSD ML/AI capstone project developing a framework for testing Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) models using baseball commentary audio retrieved from YouTube and metadata retrieved from ESPN.
    • Technologies Used: Python, ASR Models, PostgreSQL
    • Role: Data Analyst, Researcher
  2. YT DLP ASYNC:
    • Description: An asynchronous, parallel-processing tool for fetching and processing YouTube audio data using yt-dlp, designed to aid scalable and efficient data collection and analysis for academic research projects.
    • Technologies Used: Python, yt-dlp, PostgreSQL
    • Role: Architect, Data Engineer, Developer
  3. Whisper Chunk Transcribe:
    • Description: A Python application that utilizes OpenAI’s Whisper model to transcribe audio files in segments, enhancing accuracy and efficiency for lengthy recordings.
    • Technologies Used: Python, OpenAI Whisper, PostgreSQL
    • Role: AI Developer, Data Engineer

🚗 Uber

  1. Uber Partner Events Website:
    • Description: A platform enabling Uber city operations teams to create and manage in-person events for drivers, fostering community engagement.
    • Technologies Used: PHP, Uber SSO integration, MySQL
    • Role: Product Manager, Designer

🥍 KSU Lacrosse Website

  1. Website:
    • Description: The official website for the Kennesaw State University Lacrosse team, providing information on team members, game schedules, and news updates.
    • Technologies Used: C#, ASP.NET MVC, SQL Server
    • Role: Full-Stack Developer
    • Screenshots
  2. Data Access Layer:
    • Description: A data access layer facilitating efficient database interactions for the KSU Lacrosse website.
    • Technologies Used: C#, Entity Framework & Data Model, SQL Server
    • Role: Backend Developer
  3. MCLA Data Import:
    • Description: A tool to import and synchronize data from the Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association (MCLA) into the KSU Lacrosse website.
    • Technologies Used: C#, XML/XSD, SQL Server
    • Role: Backend Developer, Architect, Data Engineer

🛠️ Technical Arsenal

Core StackLanguages: Python TypeScript SQLAI/ML: PyTorch TensorFlow scikit-learn OpenAI APIDatabases: PostgreSQL SQL Server BigQuery PineconeCloud: AWS GCPML Frameworks: TensorFlow PyTorch PandasDevOps: Docker Kubernetes Terraform GitHub LinuxAPIs: FastAPI Flask REST WebSocket PostmanData Tools: Pandas NumPy Jupyter dbt PrefectAsync: asyncioFrontend: ReactMedia: FFmpeg yt-dlpVisualization: Tableau Grafana

Emerging Focus LLM Ops RAG Systems LangChain Distributed Systems Rust CI/CD Edge AI Airflow

Why I Code

After leadership roles in business and product, I realized my true passion lies in building technical solutions to hard problems. I thrive when:

  • Architecting systems that scale
  • Optimizing complex workflows and data pipelines
  • Mentoring other developers
  • Balancing engineering rigor with business impact

Let's Connect!

I'm actively seeking hands-on technical roles and collaborations in:

  • Machine Learning Engineering
  • AI Infrastructure
  • Developer Tools
  • Technical Leadership

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  1. AutoCRM AutoCRM Public

    AI-Driven CRM Platform: Real-Time Collaboration, Strong Data Security & Scalable Cloud Architecture

    TypeScript

  2. yt_dlp_async yt_dlp_async Public

    Asynchronous tool for fetching and processing YouTube audio data using yt-dlp, designed to aid scalable and efficient data collection and analysis for academic research projects.

    Python

  3. whisper_chunk_transcribe whisper_chunk_transcribe Public

    The ‘whisper_chunk_transcribe’ repository offers a Python script that utilizes OpenAI’s Whisper model to transcribe audio files in segments, enhancing accuracy and efficiency for lengthy recordings…

    Python

  4. ucsd-ml-ai-capstone ucsd-ml-ai-capstone Public

    This repository contains a UCSD ML/AI capstone project that develops a framework for testing Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) models using audio data from YouTube and ESPN. It includes tools for …

    Jupyter Notebook

  5. uber-partner-events-website uber-partner-events-website Public

    This repository contains screenshots of the Uber Partner Events Website, designed to help Uber operations teams organize and manage events for Uber partner drivers. The platform serves two primary …