Chris Hammerschmidt

Director of AI, former ML Research Scientist and Founder

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Chris Hammerschmidt

Director of AI, former ML Research Scientist and Founder

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(25 reviews)

Director of AI, previously ML research scientist, entrepreneur. Helping MLEs, applied scientists, and SWEs

Netherlands

Speaks English and German

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$240 / month

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MentorCruise summary

Chris is a Director of AI and former machine learning research scientist and founder. He has more than 10 years of experience in machine learning research, data science consulting, team leadership, and startup work, including leading an ML organization of more than 30 people. He helps software engineers move into ML or data science, ML engineers plan and manage research projects, and individual contributors move into technical or people leadership roles.

Based on 16 verified mentee reviews

Reviewers often praise his practical machine learning guidance, including help with classification projects, ML roadmaps, and project management.
Mentees value his tailored advice based on their goals, with concrete tasks, career guidance, and recommended learning resources.
Several reviewers highlight his clear teaching and responsive support when they are stuck or working through complex ML topics.

About

As a mentor with a background in both research and industry, I have a wealth of experience of 10+ years to draw upon when guiding individuals through the field of machine learning. My focus is on helping experienced software engineers transition into ML/DS, the transition from IC to leadership (EM, staff+, i.e. management or technical leadership roles), as well as assisting machine learning engineers in their research endeavors.

A typical mentorship session with me will begin with a review of your career, skills, and goals. From there, we will assess the steps and skills needed to achieve those goals and develop a long-term plan and specific projects to support your overall objective.

In addition to my expertise in machine learning, I am also available to discuss topics such as product-market-fit, validation, business models, start-up fundraising, and road development, and prioritization. Here, I draw from my experience both as founder as well as the director of a 30+ people strong ML org.

Throughout my career, I have held a number of roles that have allowed me to build a diverse skill set. These include machine learning research scientist, Ph.D./postdoc in machine learning for software engineering and network analysis. I have also completed data science consulting projects, managed teams as well as teams of teams and leads of leads as director of an entire department.

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I enjoyed working with Chris, but I feel I could not get the most out of the mentorship and I expected more from it.

Antonio

Lite Plan • 11 months • January 29, 2025

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Chris has been a great mentor to work with! Before starting, I already worked as a data scientist, but was looking to deepen my understanding, create a continuous learning practice for myself, and be more confident in the enormous field of ML/DL. Chris really excelled at providing accountability, being a sounding board to create that practice, and in helping create more confidence in myself about the deeply technical parts of ML/DL. We started by outlining areas of ML that I would want to expand my knowledge in and Chris helped encourage me to write up my readings in each subfield and ultimately helped create a practice of reading papers and really internalizing what was being communicated. Once I became more confident in engaging with literature, I began to want to explore the practice of research. I came up with a problem and Chris acted as a great sounding board and mentor in this capacity to focus my idea. He lent his expertise in academia to help me understand how to progress on my ideas and I'm now working towards publishing my work. I really can't thank Chris enough for his help and mentorship over this journey. While I'm sure Chris could help anyone just starting out, I also think he would be a perfect fit for anyone who's already in the field, but is looking to go a lot deeper in their understanding and broaden their perspective on the field as a whole.

Andrew

Standard Plan • 9 months • August 30, 2022

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Working with Chris has been fantastic. He's super knowledgeable about machine learning, and has mentored tons of people before, so he knows the right resources to recommend and how to unblock you when you're stuck. I highly recommend working with Chris if you get the chance.