🌟 Engineering Leader and AI Researcher with extensive experience in AI/ML, Streaming Video, and Full-Stack Development. I specialize in building innovative, scalable, and impactful products enjoyed by millions worldwide.
🔒 Experienced at delivering secure, cutting-edge solutions in AI-powered systems, Web platforms, and Mobile applications.
🚀 Skilled at leading cross-functional teams, mentoring talent, and driving product success under tight timelines.
🤝 Dedicated to combining AI's intelligence with transparency and ethical practices to solve complex challenges.

• Founded Tendi, an AI-powered financial advisor platform praised for its role in bridging the wealth gap.
• Scaled Roku's international streaming platform to 6M+ active devices and optimized AI-driven content recommendations.
• Designed and launched Netflix's first video streaming UI for Xbox 360, spearheading the transition to streaming services.
• Designed Cisco's complete user interface framework for umi home video conferencing.
• Advanced TiVo's award-winning embedded televisiona television user experience.
• Pioneered advanced AI algorithms in personal finance, including RAG, RLHF, and fine-tuning for GPT-4, Llama3, and Mistral.
• Directed high-performance engineering teams to deliver innovative solutions in video conferencing, streaming, and consumer electronics.

• Frameworks & Libraries: SwiftUI, React.js, Vue.js, Next.js, Angular.js, Tailwind CSS, Gradio
• Design Tools: Figma, Sketch, Lottie.js

• Languages & Frameworks: Node.js, Django, FastAPI, Express.js, Nest.js, hapi.dev

• Technologies: MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Supabase, Firebase

• Models: OpenAI GPT, Meta Llama, Mistral, Google Vertex AI
• Tools: PyTorch, TensorFlow, LangChain, LlamaIndex, CrewAI, Hugging Face, Scikit-learn
• Techniques: RLHF, fine-tuning, data labeling, and vector indexing

• Platforms: AWS, DigitalOcean, Docker, Kubernetes
• CI/CD: GitHub Actions, Jenkins

• AI/ML: Model training, fine-tuning, and MLOps deployment
• Leadership: Building and mentoring high-performance teams
• Product Development: UX design, A/B testing, and user-centric solutions
• Scalable Solutions: Microservices architecture and RESTful APIs

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• Description: Democratizing financial literacy with an AI-powered advisor.
• Achievements:
  • Developed a personalized budgeting tool using advanced ML algorithms, a fine-tuned model, and extensive prompt engineering.
  • Leveraged NLP to understand users’ financial personas and social interests.
  • Launched a mobile app featured in CNET Money.

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• Description: A research-driven project focused on fine-tuning Meta's LLaMA model to enhance its text generation capabilities using Unsloth, a novel technique for efficient data labeling and augmentation. The project optimizes the model's performance on domain-specific tasks by leveraging Unsloth's semi-supervised learning pipeline, enabling rapid iteration with minimal labeled data. Advanced techniques like LoRA (Low-Rank Adaptation) are used to fine-tune the model efficiently without requiring extensive computational resources.

• Description: An AI-powered solution designed for diabetics to estimate carbohydrate consumption and plan insulin dosage effectively. The project leverages data from FoodCentral, location-based insights, and user-specific food preferences to calculate carb content and recommend optimal insulin dosages. It also considers the impacts of varying insulin dosages on glucose levels and lifestyle activities.
• Tech Stack: LLMs for NLP-based food description parsing, PyTorch for AI model development, TensorFlow for prediction modeling, geolocation APIs for contextual data, and FoodCentral API for comprehensive nutritional data.

• Founder, Crediture (2021-2024): Created an AI-powered fintech startup to democratize small business lending.
• Director of Engineering, Roku (2014-2021): Scaled international streaming business with AI-driven content recommendations.
• Senior Engineering Manager, Netflix (2011-2014): Delivered innovative user interfaces and transitioned millions to streaming.
• Senior Engineering Manager, Cisco (2009-2011): Assembled a team and developed the full user experience for in-home telepresence video conferencing.
• Engineering Manager, TiVo (2006-2008): Led embedded Linux user interface development to pause, schedule, and record live broadcast television.

• Patents: Developed a TV-centric UI framework for Cisco’s ūmi telepresence product.
• Publications:

  • "Developing .NET Enterprise Applications" (2003)
    

  • "The Complete Guide to Torque X" (2008)
    

    • "Web Services & Java Server Pages" Dr. Dobb's Journal (2002)

    • "Examining OS/2 2.1 Threads" Dr. Dobb's Journal (1994)

• Email: [email protected]
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/johnkanalakis

I'm always interested in connecting with professionals passionate about AI, technology, and innovation. Whether you're exploring new ideas, looking for a mentor, or want to discuss cutting-edge tech, feel free to reach out!