Derek Horkel

Derek Horkel is an accomplished Senior Machine Learning Software Engineer at Digital Diagnostics, with a diverse background in machine learning and software engineering. Prior experience includes positions as a Machine Learning Engineer at Happy Health and Principal Machine Learning Engineer at Sapient Industries, where responsibilities encompassed developing machine learning models, building ETL pipelines, and managing high-volume IoT data. Earlier roles include Senior Machine Learning Engineer and Machine Learning Engineer at Vanguard, and a postdoctoral research position at Temple University focused on lattice quantum chromodynamics. Derek's academic foundation includes a PhD in Elementary Particle Physics from the University of Washington, alongside dual Bachelor of Science degrees in Biology and Physics from the University of Connecticut.