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Ian Anderson

Co-founder & CTO at Malachyte

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Overview

Ian Anderson is co-founder and CTO at Malachyte as of October 2024[1][3]. Anderson previously spent over seven years at Spotify in roles ranging from Research Lead and Data Scientist to Staff Machine Learning Engineer, working on research, model optimization, and delivery at scale[5][6][7][8]. Anderson holds a Ph.D. in Physics from Johns Hopkins University, completed between 2009 and 2015, along with a Master's degree in Physics from the same institution[11][12]. Anderson also earned a Bachelor's degree in Physics from Carnegie Mellon University[13]. Anderson has been listed as Corporate Overlord at Bad Idea Factory since October 2017[4].

Profile introduction
Source excerptLinkedIn [2]

After a decade-plus of modeling & research, I'm starting something new in AI. More to come, but here are things that currently motivate me: - We are our best when we collaborate & we can shape our tools / systems to that end - Engineering is a craft that thrives with a cultivating environment - Left unchecked, complexity can be a crutch so simplicity is a virtue Previously, my time at Spotify spanned from novel research to delivery at scale with everything in between. I published both papers on user understanding & patents built from that work. I've optimized billion parameter models and mil…

Career history

  1. Co-founder & CTOOct 2024 to presentMalachyte
  2. Corporate OverlordOct 2017 to presentBad Idea Factory
  3. Staff Machine Learning EngineerMar 2021 to Oct 2024Spotify
  4. Senior Machine Learning EngineerJan 2019 to Mar 2021Spotify
  5. Senior Research ScientistMay 2017 to Jan 2019Spotify
  6. Research Lead / Data ScientistNov 2015 to May 2017Spotify
  7. Graduate Research AssistantAug 2009 to Aug 2015Johns Hopkins University
  8. Teaching AssistantSep 2009 to May 2015Johns Hopkins University

Education

  1. Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Physics2009 - 2015The Johns Hopkins University
  2. Master's degree, Physics2009 - 2015The Johns Hopkins University
  3. Bachelor's degree, Physics2005 - 2009Carnegie Mellon University

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