Dave Cook

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About Dave Cook

Expert is a funny title. If I’m an expert, it would be in knowing what NOT to do in AI/ML and advanced analytics. Iteration, mistakes, study, reading, persistence, listening- that’s how I know what I know and how I have been successful. I'm a leader with a 30+ year career and a pretty rare mix of expertise spanning sales and business development, technical management and team building, and deep hands-on technical aptitude in AI/ML, analytics, and GEOINT. Generative AI- I think I have a decent handle! Proven ability to build sales pipelines, close multi-million dollar deals with government agencies, and provide program management for delivery teams. Experience includes entrepreneurial initiatives and leadership roles within both startups and large consulting businesses. Effective communicator with experience as a university lecturer, conference presenter, and member of workgroups and committees. Active Top Secret/SCI Clearance with Poly. My Rule of Three List: Three Things Worth Knowing About Me: I believe-Your comfort zone is not a good benchmark to move forward. Excellence requires discomfort-Right words paired with right actions are always the best prescriptions-Living in today is life's greatest challenge, and greatest reward. That and accepting uncertainty. Three Quotes I Hold Dear: “Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you would rather have talked.” "Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection.""An army of principles will penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot." Three Values I Live By-Honesty -Humility -Grit Three favorite places you can find me-Amongst the waves off of Rincon Point -The top floor of the MLK Library reading a book in downtown Washington, DC -On the Capitol Crescent Trail training for another Marathon Three Personal Passions (because I bring my whole self to work)-18X Marine Corps Marathon Finisher/19 time Marathoner/Ultrarunner -Dog Rescue Dad (4 Dogs) and Dog Rescue Volunteer -Civic hacker, with a focus on providing opportunities for younger folks- there is so much potential out there! Specialties: DataOps. Machine Learning. Artificial Intelligence, Data Pipelining, Data Wrangling. Predictive Analytics, Data Acquisition and Use Case Definition, Geospatial Intelligence, Cloud-Based Capabilities, Information Warfare, All Source Intelligence and OSINT, Tradecraft and Workflow Optimization, Data Engineering, Data Architecture, ML Model Test and Evaluation. Links to my Google Scholar Page- https://bit.ly/3nVI7Cg