Robert Porter
Head Of AI at PicnicHealth
Livermore, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRobert Porter is a Head of AI with 11 years of experience transitioning from founder and CTO roles to senior ML leadership, currently building bespoke large language models to solve real-world healthcare challenges. At PicnicHealth he progressed from Machine Learning Team Lead to Head of AI, applying deep real-world medical datasets to enable research while prioritizing patient data control. Earlier, he founded and led GradeCam as Chief Scientist and CEO, demonstrating entrepreneurial product-focus alongside technical leadership. His background includes a PhD and MS in Physics from UC Irvine and research roles at national labs, giving him strong foundations in modeling, experimentation, and complex systems. Robert blends hands-on model development with strategic team building and product delivery, often bridging research-grade methods to production constraints. Based in Livermore, CA, he uniquely pairs academic rigor with startup grit to translate novel ML into practical, privacy-conscious healthcare solutions.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis ObispoPhD Physics, PhD Physics at University of California, Irvine
Github Skills (54)
genai10
pytorch10
python10
harness10
llama10
machine-learning10
inference10
agent-framework10
amd10
ml10
numpy10
llm10
image-generation10
tensorflow10
deep-neural-networks10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
gradecam/angular-fast-repeat
Jan 2015 - Apr 2016
Fast ng-repeat replacement
Contributions:47 commits, 4 PRs, 32 pushes in 1 year 3 months
replacementangular
physicsrob/torchwright
Sep 2023 - Jul 2026
Contributions:18 PRs, 62 pushes, 13 branches in 2 years 10 months
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