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Drew Jones

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Technical skills
Professional experience
AI Strategy and Automation Engineer
LegalMatch
Reno, NV
May 2025 – Present
  • Engineered a multi-stage LLM workflow (Python) to audit ~7,000 law-library articles; flagged outdated content on ~10% of pages and saved an estimated 13+ months of manual review time.
  • Built LLM evaluation and regression-test harnesses to compare models, prompts, settings, cost, and output quality; diagnosed and resolved a production tone defect via prompt redesign.
  • Optimized a SageMaker embedding + clustering pipeline (DistilRoBERTa + K-means) by excluding empty/irrelevant text during feature generation, improving runtime 50x+ while preserving results.
  • Productionized AWS-scheduled monitoring (ECS/EventBridge) for site quality and SEO signals; exported metrics to Datadog alerts and delivered an on-demand page-speed validation tool.
  • Built a lead-identification pipeline enriching ~1M visitor IPs with firm detection and non-client filtering; delivered real-time sales notifications and recommended vendor adoption after benchmarking.
  • Built an LLM-guided intake MVP (Python + OpenAI API) and began extension to voice AI intake using playbook-driven dialog and tool-integrated data capture.
Director of Data Analytics
The Children's Cabinet
Reno, NV
Jun 2024 – Apr 2025
  • Directed analytics, reporting, automation, and data infrastructure across multiple programs; standardized delivery workflows and documentation practices.
  • Designed and implemented Python/SQL ETL pipelines to improve data quality and accelerate delivery of program-critical datasets.
  • Deployed internal LLM-based assistants for staff guidance and knowledge retrieval; strengthened HIPAA-aligned QA controls for audit readiness.
  • Delivered production ML/NLP models for operations (no-show risk, intake routing, forecasting) embedded into workflows; improved routing accuracy by ~12 points and reduced missed appointments ~15%.
  • Led and mentored junior analysts; institutionalized version control and reproducible analytics practices.
Systems and Data Manager
The Children's Cabinet
Reno, NV
Sep 2022 – Jun 2024
  • Owned administration of enterprise CRM and reporting systems, ensuring uptime, data integrity, and secure access.
  • Automated grant and program performance reporting using Python and SQL, reducing errors by ~95% and eliminating manual spreadsheet workflows.
  • Integrated siloed sources via ODBC, automated FTP ingestion, and scheduled batch jobs to deliver consolidated datasets for analytics.
  • Authored training resources enabling self-serve analytics for non-technical teams; served as liaison across IT, program leadership, and vendors.
Accounting Analyst
Lewis Management Corp.
Upland, CA
Feb 2021 – Sep 2022
  • Built Power BI dashboards and recurring finance reports to improve AP/AR visibility, spend tracking, and month-end close operations.
  • Automated spreadsheet workflows in Python (cleaning, validation, calculations), reducing manual reporting time and improving accuracy.
Covid-19 Pandemic
Caregiver, Researcher, Python Dev, Migrant Farm Worker
Ontario, CA
Feb 2020 – Feb 2021
  • Laid off at the start of pandemic as work in the geophysics industry, and in general, disappeared with the rise of lockdowns.
  • Took care of sick family, did research into a number of topics, worked on my dev skills, helped to design and plant a 25-acre avocado farm.
  • Despite my extensive education and promising early career as an electromagnetic geophysicist, hope for pursuing my dream job evaporated before my eyes.
  • Forced to take on other work and decided to transition to data, ML, and automation with python.
Geoscience experience
Project Geophysicist
Deep Imaging
Houston, TX
Jun 2018 – Feb 2020
  • Led survey design, modeling, and interpretation for CSEM projects monitoring hydraulic fracturing.
  • Developed Python-based tools to automate data QC, visualization, and forward modeling.
  • Co-authored technical papers and trade presentations.
Geophysicist
Zonge International
Reno, NV
Sep 2016 – Aug 2017
  • Operated Controlled-Source Electromagnetic, Induced Polarization, and Magnetotellurics surveys across mining and geothermal sites; managed field QA/QC and deliverables.
  • Supported initial modeling and interpretation; executed safe operations in remote environments.
Geophysical Field Technician (Short Contracts)
Various
2013 – 2018
  • Collected and QC'd data across MT, borehole EM, and magnetics surveys.
  • Maintained field equipment and ensured safe, efficient logistics.
Geophysicist (Contract)
Vista Clara
Mukilteo, WA
Jan 2022 – Apr 2022
  • Conducted borehole Nuclear Magnetic Resonance surveys and delivered analysis reports for groundwater clients.
  • Collaborated with hardware and R&D teams to improve acquisition workflows.
Selected projects
Education
Selected publications