Kyle Johnson

I'm a Richmond, Virginia-based tech entrepreneur and business owner with a background in data science. I'm passionate about applying powerful data analysis techniques to solve complex, human-centric problems. I like data science, AI, jiu jitsu, photography, and great books.

Ventures

Tidewater Research

A fast-moving R&D lab that rapidly tests and ships AI-powered tools. We specialize in building efficiency-enhancing products like Call Compass, which reduces call QA evaluation time by 80%.

Ara (Exited)

Ara is a platform that transforms data scientists' analyses into compelling visual stories, serving as a GitHub-like ecosystem for data professionals to showcase their work, build their reputation, and share insights.

Rock River Research (Exited)

A UK-based consulting firm specializing in AI integration for enterprise executives.

Experience

Meta (Facebook)

Senior Data Scientist (2018-2024)

Reality Labs Trust, Business Integrity, FAIR Machine Translation, Community Integrity Counter Terrorism, Marketplace Feed Performance

Columbia University

Full Stack Machine Learning Engineer (2016-2018)

Laboratory for Intergroup Relations and the Social Mind. Developed algorithms to identify unique linguistic traits in marginalized groups and built full stack web applications.

United States Marine Corps

Sergeant (2009-2014)

Served with 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion and Combat Logistics Regiment 37 in Okinawa, Japan.

Education

Columbia University in the City of New York

Bachelor of Arts (2014-2018)

Computer Science + Statistics, Mandarin Chinese

Personal

I live in Richmond with my wife Mari and our daughter Josie. Outside of tech, I'm into Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (purple belt), portrait photography, and reading my way through Cormac McCarthy's collection.

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