Byron Boots is a seasoned expert in the field of machine learning, serving as the Chief Executive Officer at Overland AI. Boots has held academic positions including Professor and Associate Professor at the University of Washington and Assistant Professor at Georgia Institute of Technology. Additionally, Boots has experience as a Principal Research Scientist at NVIDIA and as Visiting Faculty at Google. Educational qualifications include a Master's and PhD in Machine Learning from Carnegie Mellon University and a Bachelor of Arts with a double major in Computer Science from Bowdoin College.