Dwayne Dreakford

Dwayne Dreakford has a strong background in sales engineering and solution architecture. Dwayne is currently working as the Director of Sales Engineering at SeaLights, a position they have held since February 2022. Prior to this, they worked as a Sales & Solution Engineer for MLOps at Algorithmia from April 2021 to January 2022. Before that, they were a Senior Sales Engineer for DevSecOps at Sonatype from January 2020 to April 2021. From December 2018 to January 2020, Dwayne worked as a Senior Sales Engineer for Personalized Content Discovery at TiVo. Dwayne also has extensive experience at IBM, where they held various roles including Business Analyst and Architect, Solution Architect, Worldwide Technical Sales Lead, Product Manager, and Technical Services Specialist. Dwayne worked at IBM from 2004 to 2018. Prior to their time at IBM, they gained experience as a Senior Software Engineer for Automated Testing at Rational Software from 2001 to 2004.

Dwayne Dreakford's education history starts with him attending the University of Pittsburgh where they pursued a degree in Mechanical Engineering. The specific start and end year for this educational experience is not provided. In addition to their degree, Dwayne has also obtained several certifications in various fields. These certifications include: Data Analysis with Python, Data Visualization with Python, Graph Analytics for Big Data, Machine Learning With Big Data, Python for Data Science, Big Data Integration and Processing, Big Data Modeling and Management Systems, Introduction to Big Data, Machine Learning by Stanford University, Data Science Capstone, and Data Science, a 10-course specialization by Johns Hopkins University. In addition, they have obtained certifications from IBM in IBM Design Thinking Practitioner, Developing Data Products, Business Value Assessment (BVA) and Compelling Reasons to Act (CRA) Level 2, Fundamentals of Scalable Data Science, Practical Machine Learning, Value Selling Level 1. Furthermore, they have completed Coursera course certificates in Regression Models, Statistical Inference, and Reproducible Research. The specific months and years of when they obtained these certifications are provided, ranging from December 2016 to September 2018.