Stephen Purpura

Stephen Purpura is a business owner at Autonomous Data Management LLC, a company he founded in June 2021, located in Wilmington, Delaware. His firm specializes in data management and generative AI solutions, utilizing technologies like ChatGPT and Llama. Purpura focuses on optimizing GPU and accelerated computing solutions to enhance cost efficiency, significantly reducing retraining and inference costs for machine learning models.1

Education and Background

Purpura holds a Master's degree in Public Policy from Harvard University, which he completed between 2005 and 2007. He also pursued a PhD in Information Science at Cornell University, where he completed all requirements except for the dissertation, before taking a leave to start his first company, Context Relevant (now Versive) in 2014. He completed his undergraduate studies in Government at the University of Washington.1

Professional Experience

In addition to his role at Autonomous Data Management LLC, Purpura has been a consultant since June 2019. His expertise encompasses behavioral learning, autonomous systems, and machine learning, reflecting a strong background in data science and analytics.12

Honors and Awards

Stephen Purpura has received several accolades throughout his career, including:

• Nominated for the Best Paper Award at the Computer Human Interaction (CHI) Conference in May 2011.
• Recognized as Amazon Web Services Commercial Employee of the Quarter in Q1 2019.
• Finalist for the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2015 in the Pacific Northwest.
• Recipient of the Cornell Department of Computer Science Outstanding Teaching Award in May 2009.1