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derek@innovation:~$
sudo make future
AI / ML Director · Innovation Leader · Technology Executive · scroll to stdin or click a command above
INNOVATION_PIPELINE
derek@innovation:~/about$
whoami --verbose
NAMEDerek Hutchinson
ROLEHead of Innovation: AI/ML
ORGGabriel & Co. — New York, NY
TENURE14+ years · 4 progressive roles
TEAM11 direct reports (devs, data scientists, BAs, PMs)
BUDGET$1M annual · 3–4 concurrent programs
CLEARANCEsudo
UPTIMEcalculating...
PID1 (init process — built the dept from scratch)
// /usr/share/faces/derek
derek@innovation:~/about$
cat bio.md
15+ years across software engineering, IT operations, and
AI/ML leadership. I spent the last decade building the
Innovation department at Gabriel & Co.
from zero — hiring the team, setting the budget, shipping
the models. My work spans the full ML lifecycle: research
and development through production deployment on
Azure and AWS. Generative AI, LLMs, NLP, Computer Vision —
I've put all of them into production, not just a deck.
# Equally comfortable writing code, leading a team,
# and advising at the executive level.
# Equally comfortable writing code, leading a team,
# and advising at the executive level.
MANUFACTURING_4.0
derek@innovation:~/skills$
ls -la ./competencies/ | sort -k5 -rn
derek@innovation:~/skills$
tree ./toolkit/ --depth 1
./toolkit/
languages/ — Python, PHP, JavaScript, Java, C#, BASH, SQL, R
ml-stack/ — TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn, BERT, GPT, Transformers
cloud/ — Azure ML, SageMaker, Cognitive Services, Lambda, OpenAI Service
data/ — Pandas, NumPy, Snowflake, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MongoDB, Redis
infra/ — Linux, Windows Server, Docker, K8s, AD, VMware, Hyper-V
ops/ — CI/CD, MLOps, Git, Jira, Confluence, ITIL, Agile/Scrum
philosophy/ — "If it can't run in prod, it's a hobby."
SYSTEM_ARCHITECTURE
derek@innovation:~/career$
history | grep -i "impact"
2014–PRESENT Head of Innovation: AI/ML — Gabriel & Co.
↳ Built Innovation dept from zero — 11-person team, $1M budget, full P&L
↳ End-to-end ML pipelines on Azure ML, SageMaker, Cognitive Services
↳ Drove GenAI/LLM strategy: RAG, prompt engineering, model fine-tuning
↳ Computer Vision: image recognition, object detection, visual QA systems
↳ NLP: sentiment analysis, NER, doc classification (BERT, GPT)
↳ Presents AI strategy & ROI to C-suite and board-level stakeholders
↳ Built Innovation dept from zero — 11-person team, $1M budget, full P&L
↳ End-to-end ML pipelines on Azure ML, SageMaker, Cognitive Services
↳ Drove GenAI/LLM strategy: RAG, prompt engineering, model fine-tuning
↳ Computer Vision: image recognition, object detection, visual QA systems
↳ NLP: sentiment analysis, NER, doc classification (BERT, GPT)
↳ Presents AI strategy & ROI to C-suite and board-level stakeholders
2022–2024 Senior IT Manager — Gabriel & Co. (concurrent w/ AI/ML)
↳ Dual-hatted as IT Dept Head — infra, cybersecurity, vendor mgmt, ITIL
↳ Rebuilt IT team from scratch — hired & mentored 6 professionals
↳ Renegotiated $500K+ in vendor contracts — 20%+ cost reduction
↳ Zero-trust planning, company-wide MFA, security awareness program
↳ Dual-hatted as IT Dept Head — infra, cybersecurity, vendor mgmt, ITIL
↳ Rebuilt IT team from scratch — hired & mentored 6 professionals
↳ Renegotiated $500K+ in vendor contracts — 20%+ cost reduction
↳ Zero-trust planning, company-wide MFA, security awareness program
2015–2022 IT Manager — Gabriel & Co.
↳ 7+ years running day-to-day IT ops, infra reliability, DR planning
↳ Hybrid stack: AD, Windows Server, Linux (CentOS/RHEL), SQL Server
↳ ITIL service mgmt — MTTR down 35%
↳ Built data infra for ML workloads: pipelines, warehousing, ETL
↳ 7+ years running day-to-day IT ops, infra reliability, DR planning
↳ Hybrid stack: AD, Windows Server, Linux (CentOS/RHEL), SQL Server
↳ ITIL service mgmt — MTTR down 35%
↳ Built data infra for ML workloads: pipelines, warehousing, ETL
2014–2015 Project Manager — Multimedia Solutions
↳ 3–4 concurrent web/digital projects for Fortune 500 clients
↳ Retail, financial services, healthcare — all on time, on budget
↳ 3–4 concurrent web/digital projects for Fortune 500 clients
↳ Retail, financial services, healthcare — all on time, on budget
2012–2014 Senior Developer — Gabriel & Co.
↳ Built corporate website (PHP/CodeIgniter) + internal DAM platform
↳ RESTful APIs for e-commerce, CRM, and inventory integrations
↳ Built corporate website (PHP/CodeIgniter) + internal DAM platform
↳ RESTful APIs for e-commerce, CRM, and inventory integrations
2010–2012 Web Developer — Millennium Systems International / Brag.me
↳ SaaS platform dev (salon/spa industry), full-stack PHP/JS/Python
↳ Where it all started — biweekly releases, Agile before it was cool
↳ SaaS platform dev (salon/spa industry), full-stack PHP/JS/Python
↳ Where it all started — biweekly releases, Agile before it was cool
derek@innovation:~/career$
cat /etc/credentials
B.S.Information Technology & Project Management — Penn State
CERTObject Oriented Programming — Rutgers University
CERTCompTIA A+ — Issued 2010
PUSH_TO_PRODUCTION
derek@innovation:~$
cat /etc/motd
"Innovation isn't R&D theater.
It's production code with a shipping date
and a P&L that answers to the board."
It's production code with a shipping date
and a P&L that answers to the board."
derek@innovation:~$
cat ~/.principles
01 │ Ship small, ship often, measure everything.
02 │ AI that nobody uses is just an expensive demo.
03 │ Legacy systems aren't the enemy — silos are.
04 │ Build the department you wish you'd inherited.
05 │ Present ROI in dollars, not decks.
06 │ Hire curious people, then get out of their way.
07 │ rm -rf /excuses
02 │ AI that nobody uses is just an expensive demo.
03 │ Legacy systems aren't the enemy — silos are.
04 │ Build the department you wish you'd inherited.
05 │ Present ROI in dollars, not decks.
06 │ Hire curious people, then get out of their way.
07 │ rm -rf /excuses
NETWORK_INTERFACE
derek@innovation:~$
ping -c 1 derek
PING derek (127.0.0.1): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from derek: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.042ms
--- derek ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss
64 bytes from derek: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.042ms
--- derek ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss
derek@innovation:~$
cat ~/.ssh/public_channels
// EMAIL
dlh242@gmail.com
// LINKEDIN
linkedin.com/in/derek-hutchinson-19296053
// PHONE
201-620-0205
// LOCATION
New York, NY
derek@innovation:~$
mail -s "Let's talk" derek # scroll down ↓
SENDMAIL_COMPOSE
derek@innovation:~$
mail -s "Let's talk" derek
GNU Mailutils 3.17 — composing new message
Type your message below. Press [Send] when ready.
───────────────────────────────────────────────
Type your message below. Press [Send] when ready.
───────────────────────────────────────────────
derek@innovation ~/inbox
── message body ──
// opens your default mail client
INTERACTIVE_SHELL
visitor@web:~$
ssh derek@innovation --interactive
Connected to derek@innovation (AI replica)
Model: Gemini 2.5 Flash · System prompt loaded from ~/.derek_persona
Type a message to talk to a digital version of Derek.
This is an AI — it captures my vibe, not my actual brain.
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Model: Gemini 2.5 Flash · System prompt loaded from ~/.derek_persona
Type a message to talk to a digital version of Derek.
This is an AI — it captures my vibe, not my actual brain.
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
you
$
// Press Enter to send · conversation stays in your browser · nothing stored
⚠ AI-generated responses. Not the real Derek, just a pretty good approximation.