Steve Wald
AI & Data Science Professional | RAG Systems & Custom AI Applications | Applied AI Engineering & Solution Design
- Role
- Senior Consultant - Data Science Data Analysis & Visualization at Unify Consulting
- Location
- Seattle, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Steve Wald
Applied AI engineer specializing in LLM systems, RAG, and Databricks-based platforms. I…
Experience
Senior Consultant - Data Science Data Analysis & Visualization
Jul 2019 — Present · Seattle, WA, US
Gates Foundation, Knowledge Management & Data Science (April 2021 – Oct 2022; April 2024 – Present) — Deliver applied AI and data science solutions, including engineering contributions to the Expenditure Responsibility AI Assistant, where I designed and implemented the human-in-the-loop packaging for system interaction with the OpenAI API. Broader responsibilities include data engineering, analytics, and visualization to support specialist teams allocating funds to global humanitarian initiatives. Key technologies: Databricks, PySpark, Python, R, SQL, Power BI.Microsoft, Global Demand Center (July 2019 - March 2021; October 2022 - April 2024)- Served as technical delivery lead for a team of four analysts in Signal Flow Health Operational Reporting. Responsible for client deliverables and analyst training in end-to-end data modeling techniques that I pioneered within the signal-flow health domain. Key technologies: PySpark, Power BI, and Azure Synapse.
Education
University of Wisconsin-Madison
PhD, History of Science
1998 — 2008
North Carolina State University
BA, Product Design
1986 — 1990
Duke University
MTS, History of American Religion & Protestant Reformation
1996 — 1998
Galvanize
Certificate, Data Science
2017 — 2017
UW Foster School of Business
Certificate, Business Adminstration
2017 — 2017
Skills
- Historical Research
- Writing
- Philanthropy
- Stewardship
- Annual Giving
- A/B Testing
- Technical Writing
- Leadership
- Grant Writing
- Writing and Editing
- Community Building
- Amazon Web Services (Aws)
- Alumni Relations
- Visioning
- Higher Education
- Hypothesis Testing
- Nonprofits
- Data Analysis
- Machine Learning
- Strategic Thinking
- Python
- Non-Profits
- Regression Models
- Major Gift Development
- Editing
- Sql
- Volunteer Management
- Nonprofit Leadership
- Public Speaking
- Git
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