Damien Turchi
About Damien Turchi
Damien Turchi is a Machine Learning Engineer with extensive experience in designing and maintaining ETL workflows and machine learning pipelines. He currently serves as an Adjunct Instructor at Holy Family University and has held various engineering roles across multiple organizations.
Current Role at Insight Global
Damien Turchi serves as a Machine Learning Engineer at Insight Global, a position he has held since 2022. He operates remotely from the Atlanta Metropolitan Area. In this role, he focuses on developing and implementing machine learning solutions tailored to business needs.
Teaching Experience at Holy Family University
Since 2021, Damien has been an Adjunct Instructor at Holy Family University. He has contributed to the academic environment by sharing his expertise in machine learning and engineering with students, enhancing their understanding of these fields.
Professional Background
Damien has a diverse professional background, including roles at Icarus Interstellar as a Member of the Board of Directors from 2017 to 2019, and as a Mechanical Engineering Intern at American Governor Company in 2013. He also worked at Comcast as a Machine Learning Engineer III from 2021 to 2022, where he designed machine learning pipelines using Databricks and Azure.
Education and Expertise
Damien holds a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Drexel University, where he studied from 2011 to 2016. He also completed his high school education at Father Judge High School. His expertise includes designing and maintaining Databricks ETL workflows and handling petabyte-scale datasets using distributed compute and streaming pipelines.
Research and Development in Machine Learning
Damien is involved in researching and evaluating machine learning solutions, focusing on fine-tuned large language model transformer architectures. He utilizes custom approval gates in the MLOps ecosystem to assess features and models based on various key performance indicators.