Data Scientist & Machine Learning Engineer

Hi, I'm Michael Gurule

Bridging the gap between complex data and scalable solutions.

Building Production-Ready ML Systems. From multi-million dollar supply chain optimizations to real-time intelligence architecture, I specialize in the full lifecycle of data science; turning complex models into scalable, high-impact analytics platforms.

0+ Years Experience
$ 0M+ Business Impact

About Me

Michael Gurule - Data Scientist
9+ Years of Experience

Passionate about turning data into intelligence

My career began in Data Strategy consulting at firms like J.S. Held and Sedgwick. That experience shaped my core philosophy that a model’s value is defined by its ability to ship and scale. I specialize in translating executive priorities into technical execution to ensure that high-level strategy becomes high-impact software.

Currently, I am expanding my technical depth through an MS in Data Science at the University of Colorado while building intelligence systems across high-stakes domains. This work includes Machine Learning applications, financial optimization, and multi-sensor platforms. My focus remains on deployment-grade work where technical depth is matched with the rigor required for real-world application.

Based in Denver | Open to Remote

ML & AI

Neural Networks (CNN, LSTM, Transformers), Time-Series Forecasting, Feature Engineering, Anomaly Detection, Reinforcement Learning, Optimization Algorithms, Bayesian Inference, Explainable AI

Data Eng & MLOps

AWS, Containerization, CI/CD, ETL Pipelines, RESTful API Design, Version Control, Monitoring, Distributed Computing Database Design, Stream Processing, Model Quantization & Optimization

Advanced Methods

Convex Optimization, Signal Processing, Graph Neural Networks, Sensor Fusion, Geospatial Analytics, Multi-Agent Systems, Adversarial Robustness, Digital Twins

Technical Skills

Technologies and tools I use to bring ideas to life

Machine Learning & AI

Numpy/SciPy PyTorch TensorFlow XGBoost Scikit-learn Statsmodels Hugging Face Keras FastAPI / Streamlite OpenCV

Data Engineering & MLOps

AWS/GCP MLflow / Weights & Biases Docker / Kubernetes Apache Airflow / Prefect Apache Kafka Databricks PostgreSQL / TimescaleDB DVC Git/Github Actions

Advanced Systems & Research

PettingZoo Supersuit RLlib PyTorch Geometric GeoPandas CVXPY (convex optimization) FilterPy ONNX Runtime TensorRT Folium

"It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer."

— Albert Einstein

Featured Projects

A selection of my recent work in Machine Learning and Data Science

Physics Informed Neural Networks Multi-Sensor Fusion Real-Time Systems

Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning

HYPERION is a sophisticated machine learning platform designed to simulate and optimize autonomous drone swarms for the detection, tracking, and interception of hypersonic threats in aerospace and defense (A&D) scenarios.

1-50 Agents Scalable
50ms Latency
5M+ Time Steps
Convolutional Neural Networks Multi-Sensor Fusion TDOA/FDOA Kalman Filter

Multi-Sensor Fusion

SENTINEL is an advanced multi-intelligence fusion ML system designed for Aerospace & Defense applications, combining Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) thermal detection with Radio Frequency (RF) geolocation for real-time threat detection and tracking.

90% Detection Rate
30fps Processing
Regime Detection Covariance Estimation GARCH (1,1) Return Forecasting

Multi-Asset Portfolio Optimization

MERIDIAN is a comprehensive investment portfolio optimization system combining multi-source market data acquisition, regime-conditional optimization, realistic transaction cost modeling, and an interactive decision support dashboard.

10yrs Asset Data
25+ Assets

Latest Articles

Thoughts on machine learning, data science, and technology

The Beautiful Mathematics Behind Machine Learning
12 min read

The Beautiful Mathematics Behind Machine Learning

Here’s a secret about artificial intelligence: it’s not magic, and it’s not actually all that mysterious. At its heart, AI runs on mathematics that mathematicians and statisticians worked out hundreds of years ago.

Read on Medium
When the Outlier is the Signal
8 min read

When the Outlier is the Signal: Reimagining Anomaly Detection for High-Stakes Engineering.

Stop "cleaning" your outliers. You might be deleting the most important data you have.

Read on Medium
Your AI Strategy Is Backwards
10 min read

Your AI Strategy Is Backwards (And Why That’s Costing You Trust)

The problem isn’t the AI. The problem is that nobody stopped to ask whether the process was worth automating in the first place.

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