Authors
Sireesha Muppala, PhD is a Principal Enterprise Solutions Architect, AI/ML at Amazon Web Services (AWS). Sireesha holds a PhD in computer science and post-doctorate from the University of Colorado. She is a prolific content creator in the ML space with multiple journal articles, blogs, and public speaking engagements. Sireesha is a co-creator and instructor of the Practical Data Science specialization on Coursera. She is a co-director of Women In Big Data (WiBD), Denver chapter. Sireesha enjoys helping organizations design, architect, and implement ML solutions at scale.DeFauw Randy :
Randy DeFauw is a Principal Solution Architect at AWS. He holds an MSEE from the University of Michigan, where his graduate thesis focused on computer vision for autonomous vehicles. He also holds an MBA from Colorado State University. Randy has held a variety of positions in the technology space, ranging from software engineering to product management. He entered the big data space in 2013 and continues to explore that area. He is actively working on projects in the ML space, including reinforcement learning. He has presented at numerous conferences, including GlueCon and Strata, published several blogs and white papers, and contributed many open source projects to GitHub.Eigenbrode Shelbee :
Shelbee Eigenbrode is a Principal AI and ML Specialist Solutions Architect at AWS. She holds six AWS certifications and has been in technology for 23 years, spanning multiple industries, technologies, and roles. She is currently focusing on combining her DevOps and ML background to deliver and manage ML workloads at scale. With over 35 patents granted across various technology domains, she has a passion for continuous innovation and using data to drive business outcomes. Shelbee co-founded the Denver chapter of Women in Big Data.
