Richard A.

I am an artificial intelligence expert, Upwork EXPERT-VETTED (top 1%), full-time freelancer with $2M+ earnings on Upwork. I regularly create — and immensely enjoy creating — AI solutions for my client's specialized problem domains! I have built solutions with all frontier class LLM models (Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT) and open source models as well. I create custom neural networks or fine-tune existing AI models for specialized use cases. —————————— Client Base —————————— In the past decade, my client base has been evenly split between startups and businesses, but the common thread in all of my work is artificial intelligence. In the business world, I tend to work with medium size businesses that are bogged down by manual processes. I evaluate current business processes with all stakeholders, then implement business automation and AI solutions to drastically reduce manual effort and dramatically improve efficiency. For one of my recent clients I built a business automation platform that was so powerful, their entire business revenue doubled just one year after go-live. They kept the exact same staff, but were so much more efficient that revenue doubled! In the startup world, I tend to solve new and unique problems with artificial intelligence. A couple of examples are developing an AI system for architectural blueprints, or an AI system for biometric detection using only keyboard typing patterns. While there are many more examples, I cannot elaborate since many of these projects are covered under NDA. But in short, if you are in a highly specialized field where no AI solution currently exists, I can’t wait to help you! ——————————— About Richard ——————————— I love solving problems using artificial intelligence! I spent many years in the field of scientific research, so I have decades of experience in the creative process of taking an idea from conception to production. I help my clients to: - Automate manual business processes - Develop new AI systems - Create specialized AI models - Research cutting edge developments in the latest AI literature and open source projects - Choose the best AI framework and model architecture - Curate custom datasets - Augment existing datasets - Create data processing pipelines - Tune model performance - Build production quality neural networks I create value for my clients by being a one-stop-shop for coding and technical knowledge. For many of my clients I have been their first technical hire. This means I architect and implement the initial technical infrastructure to set my clients up for future success. ————————— More about Richard: ————————— My specific AI expertise is in the fields of Deep Neural Networks, Computer Vision, and Large Language Models. I have obtained Upwork's Certification for Python Development (nearly all AI is done in Python) and obtained a Deep Learning Nanodegree from Udacity in 2017. I use frontier LLM models daily (e.g. Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, OpenAI ChatGPT). Prior to my 10+ years in the field of Deep Learning AI, I have over 20 years of experience in coding and web development. I helped put myself through college with freelance web dev work, and gained more coding experience during my masters in quantum computing. In my professional career, I have 3 years of experience at Cerner, who leads the field in providing enterprise software solutions to hospitals, as well as 13 years of experience at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research, a world-class medical and cancer research facility. (***Cerner was recently bought by Oracle) I very much enjoy collaborating with people from different business, scientific, artistic, civic, and cultural backgrounds. My fastest-paced coding projects have been working with multiple startup companies to get an MVP to market. My largest scale coding projects have been with hospitals of various sizes all over the country. My most complex coding projects have been in the scientific field, working with 20 independent research labs, and collaborating with other labs all over the world. I am accustomed to creating concrete development plans for technical projects within highly specialized fields. I use Pytorch or Tensorflow to train my Deep Neural Networks, and analyze the data using Python, Numpy, Pandas, Scikit Learn, Matplotlib, etc… I am well versed in Python, Vue.js, Django, HTML, CSS, SQL, and Database design. I have experience in Windows and Linux system administration, have built my own Ubuntu based web server from the ground up, and host and manage several websites. For more information on my latest projects, please see my PORTFOLIO section below. Thanks for taking the time to consider me for your project!