Thayne Coffman

About Thayne Coffman

I have built, led, and mentored successful research and development (R&D) teams across multiple domains in machine learning, data science, and software engineering, while simultaneously making significant individual technical contributions. I can clearly communicate forward-looking technical concepts, both internally and in technical proposals. Principal Investigator and/or lead author on over 20 awarded DoD research efforts. Inventor on 6 issued patents. Author of 25 publications. Domain expertise in machine learning, graph analytics, computer vision, high frequency trading, and autonomous systems.

Experience

1. Vice President of Engineering

   Striveworks

   Oct 2024 — Present · Austin, TX, US

Education

• The University of Texas at Austin

  Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering

  2003 — 2011

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  BS, MEng, Computer Science and Engineering

  1991 — 1996

Skills

• Link Analysis
• High Frequency Trading
• Matlab
• C++
• Artificial Intelligence
• Java
• Big Data
• Time Series Analysis
• Data Mining
• Perl
• Data Science
• Computer Graphics
• Netflow
• Machine Learning
• Video Processing
• Software Engineering
• Computer Science
• Computer Vision
• Computer Security
• Autonomous Vehicles
• Graph Search
• Strategic Planning
• Network Security
• Patent Strategy
• Scala
• Image Processing
• Algorithms
• Computational Stereo
• Social Network Analysis
• C
• Distributed Systems
• Signal Processing
• Pattern Recognition
• Software Development
• Program Management
• Statistical Data Analysis