Jesse Lord

Jesse Lord is a Senior Data Engineer at Vectra AI, based in Mountain View, California.1 He has a strong background in data science, data engineering, and DevOps, with specific skills in big data technologies like Apache Spark and Dask, machine learning tools such as XGBoost and TensorFlow, and experience with CICD tools including Jenkins, Docker, and Conda builds.

Jesse's educational background is impressive, holding a PhD and Master's degree in Astronomy and Astrophysics from the University of Colorado Boulder, as well as a Bachelor's degree in Physics and Astronomy from Whitman College.1 He maintained high GPAs throughout his academic career, with 3.95/4.0 for his PhD, 3.90/4.0 for his Master's, and 3.83/4.0 for his Bachelor's.

Prior to joining Vectra AI in October 2019, Jesse worked at Allstate as a Senior Software Engineer and Senior Data Scientist.1 At Allstate, he led the development of several machine learning projects with an estimated value of $10 million per year and founded an internal open source software program to enhance company-wide collaboration on analytics software.1

Jesse has also held academic positions, including Course Instructor and PhD Candidate at the University of Colorado Boulder, where he developed features for parallel fluid dynamics code and managed large-scale experiment data.1

As part of the Data Science Team at Vectra AI, Jesse contributes to leveraging advanced analytics and machine learning techniques to enhance threat detection capabilities within the Cognito platform.2