Zack Stern

About Zack Stern

Data-driven engineer with 20+ years of experience across data engineering, analytics, and technical leadership. I specialize in building scalable cloud infrastructures, architecting end-to-end data pipelines, and integrating machine learning into real-world systems. Passionate about continuous learning and mentorship, I thrive in environments that value innovation, impact, and cross-functional collaboration.Core strengths: Python, AWS, Containerization, PostgreSQL, Machine Learning, AI, Project Leadership, DevOps, Data Visualization

Experience

1. Senior Lead Engineer

   Booz Allen Hamilton

   Aug 2024 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   Technical Leadership & Infrastructure:• Designed production-grade cloud infrastructure (AWS, serverless) to ingest biometric sensor data from IoT wearables, enabling real-time ML analytics.• Led development of resilient, containerized scraping platforms using Docker and Kubernetes for fraud detection across 40+ government sources.• Built MLOps pipelines for deploying computer vision models on edge devices, integrating cloud/on- device inference, CI/CD, and automated versioning.Data Fusion & Analytics:• Developed cross-cloud data fusion pipelines (Databricks + SQL) powering Tableau dashboards for national-level personnel health and performance.• Engineered geospatial analytics systems to extract and visualize terabytes of global location data for movement and flight pattern analysis.AI/ML Applications• Built MVP platform for ethical CV model evaluation with reproducible workflows and CI/CD integration.• Integrated streaming data sources (video, telemetry, SIGINT) to support AR situational awareness and downstream ML tasks.• Developed cloud-native ML preprocessing pipelines for document OCR and translation from street imagery (AWS Lambda + S3).Digital Twin & 3D Modeling• Partnered with data scientists and Unity developers to build pipelines for ingesting 3D models and metadata into real-time Digital Twin environments.Agile Delivery• Operated in cross-functional agile teams, leading delivery of analytics MVPs and AI integrations for mission-critical systems.

Education

• Georgia Institute of Technology

  Master's degree, Computer Science

  2026

• General Assembly

  Data Science Immersive program

  2018 — 2019

• University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Data Analytics

  2015 — 2017

• Cornell University

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Design + Environmental Analysis

Skills

• Project Planning
• Strategic Planning
• Contract Management
• Project Management
• Leadership
• New Business Development
• Account Management
• Contract Negotiation
• Business Development
• Budgets
• Sales
• Construction