GenAI & Data Science Leader · Researcher · Builder
Ryan N. Lichtenwalter, Ph.D.
I lead GenAI and data science engineering teams, have published research on network science and machine learning, and build systems from bare-metal infrastructure to production software pipelines. Currently Director of Technology at FINRA, with a background spanning academic research, genetics, defense, financial services, and open-source development.
Industry
GenAI & Data Science Leadership
Director of Technology at FINRA. Turned its regulatory GenAI platform into an enterprise product used weekly by more than 1,800 employees, and now builds the firm's enterprise GenAI curriculum. Previously led data science at Transamerica.
Research
Published Researcher
18 publications across ACM SIGKDD, WWW, JMLR, Physical Review Letters, and Human Molecular Genetics. Research spans link prediction, network analysis, machine learning, and computational genetics.
Systems
Full-Stack Builder
Python, C/C++, PostgreSQL, Docker, and Linux from kernel to cloud. Runs a home lab of 28 self-hosted services behind SSO. Open-source author of tools for link prediction, network analysis, feature selection, clustering, genomic data, and LLM workflows.
Writing
From the Blog
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