Artificial Intelligence Data Science

DAMIAN HERRICK

Director, Artificial Intelligence

Visionary leader guiding businesses through AI Adoption / Innovation Generative AI Strategy and Execution

Cary, NC 27519 • 919-***-**** • ******.*******@*****.*** • linkedin.com/in/damianherrick

SUMMARY

Customer-obsessed data science and AI leader with over 20 years of experience building analytics teams and executing strategic technology initiatives. Passionate about growing empowered teams that take ownership and exceed expectations. Fosters a culture of curiosity, continuous learning, and calculated risk-taking. Pursues quality relentlessly on behalf of customers. Champions ethical AI adoption that balances innovation with responsible use.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Booz Allen Hamilton, McLean, VA • Director, Commercial Artificial Intelligence 04/2023 - Present

oContributed $13M / quarter in revenue from the top commercial account by successfully identifying customer challenges and offering incremental solutions that both addressed their challenges and added revenue.

oManaged two teams – one focused on building an artificial intelligence capability, and another focused analytics and data science delivery for existing clients.

oGrew an artificial intelligence sales pipeline from zero to $16M projected revenue.

oIntroduced a new Artificial Intelligence capability that includes offerings for governance, risk, security, and generative AI.

oWorked closely with customers and account executives as an AI subject matter expert.

SAS Institute, Cary, NC • Principal Data Scientist and Team Lead 2016 – 2023

oLed the transformation of an internally funded startup from a minimally viable spreadsheet-based solution into a cloud-native, multi-tier solution that integrated open-source tooling with SAS Viya analytics.

oDesigned and implemented a robust anomaly detection engine powered by over 125 unique analytic measures for multiple network traffic data sources.

oInventor on multiple cybersecurity system patents

oManaged a team of data scientists and solutions architects that implemented and monitored the solution in multiple customer environments.

oDemonstrated the power of the SAS solution to address key tool customer problems in the role of primary data science subject matter expert for multiple customer engagements.

oCreated rapid prototypes of solution updates and improvements using customer data in POC engagements.

oChallenged core SAS research and development group for continuous analytic engine improvements that addressed challenges brought by the data velocity and volume this solution required.

WedPics, Raleigh, NC • Chief Data Officer 2015

oBuilt a data science discipline within a rapidly growing startup.

oIncreased marketing effectiveness season by integrating multiple data sources into a single marketing dashboard.

Lake Hill Analytics, Durham, NC • Founder 2013 - 2015

oProvided strategic guidance about data management, advanced analytics, and marketing initiatives to startup organizations, advertising agencies, and mid-sized companies.

Lenovo Group International, Morrisville, NC • Product Manager 2007 - 2013

ChannelAdvisor, Morrisville, NC • Implementation Lead 2005 - 2007

SportsMEDIA Technology Corporation, Durham, NC • Software Engineer and Product Manager 2001 - 2005

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration • North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

Master of Science • Duke University, Durham, NC

Bachelor of Science • Hobart College, Geneva, NY

PATENTS

Cybersecurity Risk Score Computation Based on Peer Grouping (US 10498755; also granted in CA, AU, GB, IL)

Cybersecurity System (US 10841326; also granted in CA, AU, GB, IL)

CERTIFICATIONS

AWS Certified AI Practitioner Early Adopter

AWS Partner: Generative AI Sales 2024

Booz Allen Hamilton (Artificial Intelligence Practitioner)

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Technologies:

Python, SAS Viya, SAS 9.4, R (RStudio, ggplot2), Golang, Java, C/C++, Javascript, HTML

Machine Learning:

Retrieval Augmented Generation, Graph analytics, Neural Networks and Deep Learning, Regression techniques, Time series forecasting, Decision Tree Learning, Prompt Engineering, Artificial Intelligence Agents

Cloud Services:

Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure

Python Libraries:

LangChain, LangGraph, pandas, requests, pytorch, FastAPI, Flask, Jupyter, scikit-learn, numpy / scipy

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