Bill Derose
Software Engineering, Machine Learning, and Data Science | I help companies build data-intensive applications
- Role
- Founding Engineer at Balerion Ai
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Bill Derose
Scikit-Learn Contributor || Apache Airflow Contributor || Deep Learning || Data Science || Statistical Machine Learning || Reinforcement Learning || Algorithm Optimization || Data Mining || Software Delivery || Predictive Modeling || Operations ResearchBill worked as Engineering Manager of Machine Learning on the Consumer ML team at PayPal where he led a globally distributed team (SF Bay Area, Denver, NYC, Guatemala City, Singapore) responsible for building ML systems across product verticals (PayPal Shopping, Rewards, Credit, Giving, Marketing, Bill Pay).Bill was a Ph.D. student advised by Ken Goldberg in UC Berkeley’s AUTOLab and BAIR Lab where he researched optimization and statistical learning techniques for distributed cloud robotics. Previously, he studied Math and Computer Science at Pomona College before working on the Analysis and Experimentation team at Microsoft as a software developer.Bill holds a post-graduate degree (MSc.) in Operations Research from UC Berkeley and has worked with clients all across the globe as a leader in data science, software development, data analytics + viz, computational statistics, and machine learning.
Experience
Founding Engineer
Feb 2026 — Present
Education
University of California, Berkeley
Master of Science, Operations Research, Industrial Engineering
2017 — 2018
Bellarmine College Preparatory
High School Diploma
2007 — 2011
Pomona College
Bachelor of Arts - BA (cum laude), Mathematics, Computer Science (minor)
2011 — 2015
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