Nikki Menendez

About Nikki Menendez

With a proven track record spanning over 9 years, I am a dynamic data scientist and machine learning engineer dedicated to driving innovation and fostering growth through the strategic application of advanced analytics, statistics, and artificial intelligence. My career has included petabyte-scale analysis in the search for new fundamental particles, design and implementation of fast and efficiency machine learning models on constrained and embedded systems, and data science using NLP and LLMs to gather insights on users to drive business growth. I am passionate about data and uniquely positioned to leverage all forms to solve extremely difficult problems.

Experience

1. Lead Machine Learning Engineer

   Nike

   Feb 2025 — Present

   Leading the development of AI Agents that automate mass AI image generation for use in experimentation, training, and testing.• Training and fine-tuning computer vision ML models for determining attributes based on human surveys.• Designing and running footwear perception experiments with over 100 participants.• Developing ML models that predict human perception of product attributes based on mechanical testing data with up to 97% accuracy.• Developing and implementing embedded ML models incorporating wearable biometric and accelerometer data to analyze workouts and provide automated AI coaching.

Education

• Rice University

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Physics

• University of Florida

  Master of Science - MS, Physics