Dr. Cole Ingraham

Lead AI Instructor — NYC Data Science Academy, New York, NY

November 2022 – present

• Developed a 110+ hour curriculum teaching generative AI for real-world applications
• Taught courses on machine learning, deep learning, and AI
• Delivered enterprise training on the Python data/ML stack to teams at KPMG, Intuit, and Salesforce
• Mentored students on bootcamp and industry-sponsored projects in generative AI and data science

Contract Instructor & Author — Pluralsight, remote

April 2023 – present

• Developed generative AI course material suitable for working professionals of any background
• Taught intensive courses on programming, data science, machine learning, and generative AI
• Pluralsight Elite Instructor for six consecutive quarters (4.6+/5.0 across 8+ courses per quarter)

Composition, Electronic Music, Theory, Flute & Piano Teacher — FaceArt Institute of Music, Shanghai, China

July 2013 – September 2015

• Taught private and group lessons for Chinese musicians preparing to study in the US
• Tutored students in English in preparation for the TOEFL

Graduate Teaching Fellow, Music Technology — University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

August 2010 – May 2013

• Taught music technology classes covering GarageBand, Reason, Pro Tools, and Finale

Visiting Lecturer — University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA

January 2010 – May 2010

• Taught beginning and advanced computer music software and twentieth-century music theory

Independent AI & Software Consultant — New York, NY

February 2023 – present

• Architected a full-stack NLP pipeline for portfolio managers that mines public earnings calls for opportunities and competitive threats, with verifiable transcript citations for every signal
• Developed energy supply/demand forecasting for day-ahead price prediction, enabling data centers to optimize power budgeting
• Initial developer for generative AI startup prototypes in dental, finance, and education technology
• Interviewed by investment firms on the impact of generative AI across media industries

Director of Data Science — Bluecore, New York, NY

February 2022 – January 2023

• Managed data science and analytics teams based in New York and India
• Defined and executed a multi-quarter, multi-team roadmap with product and engineering
• Shipped new ML models predicting buyer personas from customer behavior data into production
• Drove a significant quarter-over-quarter reduction in the bug backlog and held system stability through peak Black Friday traffic

Director, AI Research — Shutterstock, New York, NY

November 2020 – February 2022

• Founding member of the Shutterstock.AI business unit
• Launched an industry-leading audio-based search engine; productionized machine listening, multimodal, and semantic search services
• Built user-feedback mechanisms into the product loop so results improved from day one
• Managed a remote, cross-functional team spanning machine learning, software engineering, and data integrity

Chief Scientist — Amper Music, New York, NY (acquired by Shutterstock)

September 2015 – November 2020

• Architect of the core music composition AI and audio rendering technology; initially the sole developer, turning minimal sketches into a working production platform
• Led research and development in machine learning across existing and forward-looking technology
• Balanced product requirements with technical capability to build one of the world's highest quality on-demand commercial music generation platforms
• Cut the time to author a complete music data asset from six months to one by restructuring research into a sprint-based pipeline
• Drove improvements critical to securing the 2016 funding round; managed four direct reports and was heavily involved in company-wide hiring

Doctor of Musical Arts, Music Composition — University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

2010 – 2013

Taught undergraduate electronic music. Developed a software framework for live computer music performance.

Master of Fine Arts, Electronic Music and Recording Media — Mills College, Oakland, CA

2007 – 2009

Emphasis on live audio/video and network music. Taught undergraduate music theory and aural perception.

Bachelor of Music, Music Composition — University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA

2004 – 2007

Acoustic and electronic music composition.