Machine Learning, AI Agents, and Autonomy // MLOps Podcast #283 with Zach Wallace, Staff Software Engineer at Nearpod Inc.
// Abstract
Demetrios chats with Zach Wallace, engineering manager at Nearpod, about integrating AI agents in e-commerce and edtech. They discuss using agents for personalized user targeting, adapting AI models with real-time data, and ensuring efficiency through clear task definitions. Zach shares how Nearpod streamlined data integration with tools like Redshift and DBT, enabling real-time updates. The conversation covers challenges like maintaining AI in production, handling high-quality data, and meeting regulatory standards. Zach also highlights the cost-efficiency framework for deploying and decommissioning agents and the transformative potential of LLMs in education.
// Bio
Software Engineer with 10 years of experience. Started my career as an Application Engineer, but I have transformed into a Platform Engineer. As a Platform Engineer, I have handled the problems described below
- Localization across 6-7 different languages
- Building a custom local environment tool for our engineers
- Building a Data Platform
- Building standards and interfaces for Agentic AI within ed-tech.
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https://medium.com/renaissance-learning-r-d/data-platform-transform-a-data-monolith-9d5290a552ef
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