Andy Hickl

Chief Technology Officer @ Allen Institute

Role
Chief Technology Officer at Allen Institute
Location
Seattle, WA, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
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About Andy Hickl

As Chief Technology Officer at the Allen Institute, I’m building the computational infrastructure that will fundamentally change how biological discoveries are made.We’re creating systems that identify hidden patterns, generate hypotheses at scale, and compress decades of research into years—making once-impossible discoveries achievable.I’ve spent three decades developing AI systems at Microsoft, Intel, and Accenture, co-founded the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence and three AI startups, and directed research programs for IARPA, DARPA, and the Department of Defense. My work appears in ACL, SIGIR, and

Experience

  1. Chief Technology Officer

    Allen Institute

    Jun 2023 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

    I lead the development of cutting-edge technology platforms, AI/ML models, and data infrastructure to accelerate biological discovery. I oversee engineering efforts that supports innovative research across our scientific divisions. I’m passionate about advancing data-driven biology and supporting postdoctoral fellowships to foster the next generation of tech-savvy scientists.

Education

  • Rice University

    Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Linguistics

    1994 — 1998

  • UC San Diego

    Master of Arts (MA), Linguistics

    2001 — 2001

  • UC San Diego

    PhD Candidate, Computational Linguistics

    1998 — 2003

Skills

  • Technical Leadership
  • Project Management
  • Linguistics
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Algorithms
  • Hadoop
  • Search
  • Mobile Applications
  • Agile Project Management
  • Lucene
  • Product Management
  • Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
  • Scalability
  • Software Engineering
  • Ontologies
  • Thought Leadership
  • Ruby
  • Information Extraction
  • Text Classification
  • Linked Data
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Strategic Partnerships
  • Sentiment Analysis
  • Data Analysis
  • Crowdsourcing
  • Mobile Devices
  • Behavioral Segmentation
  • Recommender Systems
  • Language Technology
  • Computer Science
  • Mapreduce
  • Strategy
  • Text Mining
  • Data Mining
  • Cloud Computing
  • Question Answering
  • Search Engine Technology
  • Machine Translation
  • Strategic Leadership
  • Agile Methodologies

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