Ian Turner

Certified Technology Brother ^TM
Formally trained as a Mechanical Engineer; currently working as a Machine Learning Engineer specializing in state-of-the-art object detection algorithms to solve real-world challenges.
Golf, guitar, and gym enjoyer.

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About me

Welcome to my personal website! I plan to host various projects I've completed over the years for you to ponder.

I am obsessed with technology and find myself constantly falling down various rabbit holes: public blockchains, neural networks, Network States, and effective accelerationism (e/acc), to name a few.

Work experience

Machine Learning Engineer
Creovia LLC, Mesa, AZ
2023 - Present

Creating, deploying, and maintaining an assembly of ML and DL models.

Deep Learning Engineer
Vinton Steel, El Paso, TX
2023

Led the creation and deployment of an AI-driven object detection system.
Utilized the open-source YOLOv8 algorithm to develop a custom model, achieving
improved quality control and real-time analytics in a manufacturing environment.
Engineered a React application for interactive data visualization integrated seamlessly
with a PostgreSQL database via an Express server and Axios API calls.
Deployed on an NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin to conduct robust low-latency inference.

Co-Founder and iOS Developer
[Redacted] Games LLC, The Arena, USA
2022 - 2023

As an iOS Developer, I specialized in SwiftUI, crafting an immersive fantasy
trading card game. I successfully implemented real-time features and intuitive UI/UX
designs. Collaborated with the marketing team to ensure consistent design across
campaigns, contributing to a robust and engaging user experience.

Portfolio

Take a look at what I've built!
Click the images to open the projects in a new tab.

Project 1 (Work in Progress):
Digital Trinket for Brink Nation

Description:

Designed and Developed a Digital Trinket for the lads at Castle Island Ventures. I used Three.js to animate a 3D model of a 12 sided die, inpired by the "FUD Dice" offered by the firm. The die contains On The Brink Bingo phrases with rotations controlled by key presses.

Role:

Led the desing and development of this project from start to finish while taking input from the wonderful Brink Nation community members. Leveraged Fusion360 to create the model, fancy compression techniques to get the asset to a managable size, and Vercel to deploy the project .

Project 2:
Learn from your favorite Brypto Companies

Description:

The was a weekend project inspired by a site built by Ishan Shah which uses GPT-3.5 to create summaries of blog posts of various tech companies. I modified this site to use crypto blog posts that I like to read.

Role:

I followed the system design layed out by Ishan on the engblogs.dev github to replicate the project. This project uses Next.js, Supabase, and the OpenAI API.