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Chris Van PeltChris Van Pelt

Chris Van Pelt

Co-Founder & CISO / Weights & Biases

Chris Van Pelt is the Co-Founder and CISO of Weights & Biases (W&B), a leading MLOps platform for experiment tracking and visualization. He is a seasoned software leader and entrepreneur, having previously co-founded Figure Eight (formerly CrowdFlower), a company focused on generating training data using crowdsourcing. With over 17 years of experience, his expertise lies in building scalable web applications, machine learning tools, and ensuring information security.

BA, Hope College
United States
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TechnologyMachine LearningEntrepreneurship
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Companies Co-Founded
17+
Years in Tech Leadership
2017
W&B Founding Year
6.4K
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Work Experience

Weights & BiasesWeights & Biases
Weights & Biases

Co-Founder & CISO

Sep 2017 - Present
Responsibilities
Making great tools for machine learning practitioners: https://www.wandb.com
Figure EightFigure Eight
Figure Eight

Founder / CAO (Chief Awesome Officer)

Jan 2008 - Jun 2017
Responsibilities
Got my MBA the hard way. We helped ML teams generate training data using crowd sourcing.
PowersetPowerset
Powerset

Technical Product Manager

Feb 2007 - Jan 2008
Responsibilities
Working closely with network ops, platform, index pipeline, ranking, and natural language teams to explore and implement products and concepts. Working with 7 developers to manage and maintain consumer search products.
HQ GroupHQ Group
HQ Group

Lead Engineer / Community Manager

Mar 2005 - Feb 2007
Responsibilities
Was the lead architect for a ground up rewrite of the companies core technology in Ruby. Managed a team of developers and interfaced with partners. Presented at sales meetings and events.
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NBC

Production Assistant

2003 - 2004
Responsibilities
I was a production assistant for the Late Night with Conan O'brien show. For 3 months I stocked refrigerators, bought Starbucks coffee, ordered dinner, and observed all aspects of producing a late night talk show.

Education

Hope CollegeHope College
Hope College

BA

2000 - 2004
Field of Study
BA - Computer Science, Studio Art

Professional Overview

Summary

Proficient in every aspect of web application development, from server administration and databases to custom UI elements. Thrives in the startup environment.

Specialties

XHMTL, CSS, JavaScript, Ruby, SQL, Linux, and scaling.

Interests

AI, Programming, CLI's, Space, and Hot Springs. Currently learning more about LLM's.

Core Competencies

Chris Van Pelt is a seasoned software leader and co-founder of two major ML/AI companies, focusing on MLOps, web application development, and security.

DevOps & Infrastructure
SecurityKubernetesLinuxGitUnix
Programming & Web Tech
Go (Programming Language)TypeScriptPython (Programming Language), RubyRuby on RailsJavaScript

Platform Statistics

Twitter Followers

5.5K

Instagram Followers

508

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