Walter Reilly
Senior Director, AI Learner Development at Southern New Hampshire University
Sacramento, California, United States
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Top SchoolWalter Reilly is an applied scientist at Matter and Space who translates cognitive science into practical conversational AI that helps people identify what matters and take meaningful steps forward. He blends technical implementation with product vision, designing conversational systems, running pre-launch simulations, and advancing user safety through rigorous testing. With a PhD in cognitive neuroscience of human memory, his work combines rigorous research methods with interdisciplinary problem solving. His background includes roles as a lab manager at Washington University in St. Louis, a PhD researcher at UC Davis, and independent consulting, reflecting a hands-on trajectory from academia to industry. Based in Sacramento, California, he brings eight years of experience at the intersection of psychology, neuroscience, and AI to deliver responsible, human-centered AI in the age of AI.
8 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience at University of California, DavisBachelor of Arts - BA, Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology at Washington University in St. LouisUniversity of Missouri
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Github Skills (15)
evaluation10
ycombinator9
llama-index9
prompt-engineering9
monitoring8
langchain8
analytics8
large-language-models7
llm7
openai7
observability7
open-source6
llmops6
gpt5
autogen5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
wbreilly/selective_retrieval_practice_science_texts
Jan 2023 - Sep 2023
Contributions:19 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
wbreilly/error_driven_learning_vocabulary
Feb 2023 - Sep 2023
Contributions:15 pushes in 7 months
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