taylor
clementsphd.

Resume

AI engineer and data scientist

I build LLM agents, retrieval pipelines and multi-agent systems, and I prove they work with evals that gate releases. Before that, more than a decade teaching, leading schools and running cross-functional programs, plus a PhD in research.

Experience

  1. 08/2025 – present · Houston, TX

    Enterprise Analytics Translator, Sysco

    Run analytics and data science initiatives across merchandising, pricing, supplier funding and operational reporting. I turn business problems into analytical requirements, models and decision frameworks, and use statistics and machine learning to detect anomalies and measure performance.

  2. 2026 – present · Remote, part-time

    AI Engineer, Cignition

    Built an automated feedback pipeline (LangChain, DeepSeek V4 Pro) that turns tutoring transcripts into engagement metrics and structured reports, and a separate RAG coaching pipeline that grounds feedback in internal guidance with sentence-transformers embeddings and ChromaDB.

  3. 2026 · Gauntlet AI

    AI engineering program

    An intensive program where I designed, built and shipped a new AI system most weeks, including the call center agent, the clinical co-pilot and the adversarial security platform.

  4. Spring 2021 – 01/2026 · Remote

    Program Manager & Co-Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Cignition

    Directed dozens of cross-functional projects across data analysis, research, operations and partnerships with Agile/Scrum, and led data collection for school site operations.

  5. Fall 2019 – Spring 2021 · Christchurch, VA

    Director of Innovation and Design, Christchurch School

    Directed the MakerSpace and project-based learning in design thinking, coding and engineering, and administered the Canvas LMS.

  6. 2011 – 2019 · Kentucky, Indiana, remote

    Instructor

    Taught Algebra I and II, Geometry and Calculus at Jefferson County Public Schools and Culver Academies, and graduate research methods at Bellarmine University, with courses for Johns Hopkins CTY and Murray State.

Skills

AI engineering

  • Python
  • LangChain
  • LangGraph
  • LLM agents
  • Multi-agent systems
  • RAG
  • ChromaDB
  • Embeddings
  • Prompt engineering
  • Evals & guardrails
  • Red teaming
  • Anthropic & OpenAI APIs
  • Ollama
  • Langfuse

Data science and ML

  • PyTorch
  • TensorFlow
  • Scikit-learn
  • XGBoost
  • Transfer learning
  • NLP
  • Statistics
  • Pandas
  • NumPy
  • Anomaly detection

Data and platform

  • SQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • Redis
  • FastAPI
  • Flask
  • Docker
  • CI/CD
  • Git
  • TypeScript & React
  • Tableau
  • Databricks
  • AWS
  • Azure

Leadership

  • Stakeholder alignment
  • Agile/Scrum
  • Research methods
  • Teaching & training

Education

  • M.S. Data ScienceEastern University · expected 2027
  • AI Engineering ProgramGauntlet AI · 2026
  • Data Science & ML Engineering Certification4Geeks Academy · 2025
  • Ph.D. Education SciencesUniversity of Kentucky · 2018
  • M.A. EducationWestern Kentucky University · 2012
  • B.S. Mathematics, minor in musicMurray State University · 2011