Ian Danforth is a Machine Learning Consultant at Elicit since July 2025, specializing in multi-provider LLM wrangling, fine tuning, and cost optimization. Previously, Ian served as a Staff Machine Learning Research Engineer at Alation from July 2019 to November 2024, leading AI/ML initiatives and contributing to architectural discussions. Ian's career includes roles such as Sr. Software Engineer at Alation, Lead Software Engineer & PM at Fetch Robotics, and Chief Executive Officer at Embodied AI. Ian has also held positions at Numenta, Anybots Inc, PBworks, Google, and Stanford University. Ian holds a B.A. in Psychology from Whitman College and completed a Deep Learning course at the University of San Francisco.
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