Andrei Fajardo
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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RockstarVal Fajardo is an Applied ML Scientist focused on NLP at the Vector Institute, combining a PhD in Statistics from the University of Waterloo with hands-on ML engineering. As a founding software/ML engineer at LlamaIndex (run-llama) and a former senior leader at integrate.ai, Val bridges research and product to ship practical LLM and retrieval-augmented systems. Known for deep strengths in math, probability and coding, they also bring teaching experience and a track record of scaling models from prototype to production. A CIPT holder with near-perfect academic GPAs, Val pairs technical rigor with attention to privacy and deployability.
4 years of coding experience
Github Skills (45)
llamaindex10
vector-database10
llm10
agents10
fine-tuning10
data-structures10
gpt10
application10
anchor9
federated-learning9
rust9
nlp9
threaded8
python8
deep-learning8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
VectorInstitute/fed-rag
Mar 2025 - Apr 2025
A framework for federated fine-tuning of retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems.
Contributions:11 reviews, 75 PRs, 120 pushes in 19 days
deep-learningfederated-learningllmsmachine-learningrag
nerdai/react-the-complete-guide
Mar 2022 - Feb 2023
Contributions:262 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
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