Matt Whitehill

Founder in Residence

AI Incubator

Mar 2024 - Current (2 years 5 months)

CTO & Co-Founder @ PreemptiveAI

PreemptiveAI

Mar 2024 - Current (2 years 5 months)

PreemptiveAI is building the foundation model that maps human physiology/pathology and predicts health outcomes in real-time via biomedical signals from smartphones and wearable devices.

Entrepreneur In Residence

AI

Sep 2021 - Mar 2024 (2 years 7 months)

Building stealth AI startup.

Research Intern

Microsoft Research

Jun 2019 - Sep 2019 (4 months)

Developing Deep Learning models to generate speech infused with emotion. Paper - https://www.isca-speech.org/archive/interspeech_2020/whitehill20_interspeech.html Researching in the Affective Computing group - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/artificial-emotional-intelligence/ Advised by Daniel McDuff - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/people/damcduff/.

Graduate Research Assistant

University of Washington

Sep 2018 - Aug 2023 (5 years)

Researching deep learning algorithms for health sensing. Published cough detection paper at 2020 ICASSP conference - https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9053268 Researching in the UW UbiComp Lab - https://ubicomplab.cs.washington.edu/ Advised by Dr. Shwetak Patel - https://homes.cs.washington.edu/~shwetak/

Graduate Research Assistant

University of Washington

Sep 2018 - Aug 2023 (5 years)

Researching deep learning algorithms for health sensing. Published cough detection paper at 2020 ICASSP conference - https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9053268 Researching in the UW UbiComp Lab - https://ubicomplab.cs.washington.edu/ Advised by Dr. Shwetak Patel - https://homes.cs.washington.edu/~shwetak/

Embedded Systems Engineer

Stack Lighting

Sep 2017 - Aug 2018 (1 year)

• Co-authored patent-pending filtering technique - "Compact and low-cost discrete chopper amplifier design for RF Sensors integrated in a noisy environment" • Developed full ARM Cortex M0 operating system C code for motion detection module including architecting overall system structure and writing device drivers • Led radar signal processing and machine learning algorithm development • Created and implemented UART protocol for inter-microcontroller communications • Coded firmware test harness including unit and integration tests in Python

Firmware Engineer

Stack Labs

Aug 2016 - Sep 2017 (1 year 2 months)

• Developed firmware in C for smart LEDs including new product features and bug fixes • Analyzed sensor data and implemented machine learning algorithms for light bulb RF doppler motion sensor and ambient light sensor • Created wireless commands for data packet transfer over Zigbee • Designed and coded software suite in python for analyzing and visualizing motion sensor data for product demonstrations and hardware testing/development

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Manager of Engineering

SoCore Energy

May 2015 - Jul 2016 (1 year 3 months)

Accomplishments: • Managed and restructured engineering team while growing team from 7 members to 14 • Improved quality of team deliverables while increasing efficiency of engineers • Developed tools to track team and individual performance and analyzed resulting data to make departmental decisions • See below for Lead Design Engineer, many of the same accomplishments and competencies have translated to this job as well Competencies: • Engineering Management - Managed 5 direct reports while setting policy and developing tools to meet departmental and company-wide goals • Data Reporting and Analysis - Coordinated with other departments and software leads to use new software for data tracking and analyzed data to determine team strategy • Re

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Lead Design Engineer

SoCore Energy

Jan 2014 - Apr 2015 (1 year 4 months)

Accomplishments: • Managed design team while growing team from 1 member to 7 (with a peak of 10) • Created basis of design, drafted template construction documents, and performed QA/QC for more than 170 installed solar PV projects (approx. 60 MWdc) • Designed electrical system and created electrical drawings for 3 energy storage projects (approx. 2 MWdc) Competencies: • Engineering Management – Managed team of 7 engineers while developing administrative tools such as training programs, clear expectations, regular evaluations, and opportunities for professional development • Electrical Design - Performed electrical system calculations including maximum system voltage (string-sizing), overcurrent protection, wire sizing, voltage drop, fault

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Systems Engineer

SoCore Energy

Sep 2012 - Dec 2013 (1 year 4 months)

Accomplishments: • Designed electrical system and created electrical drawings for 22 solar PV projects (approx. 15 MWdc) • Completed more than 300 module layouts • Performed more than 1000 production estimates using PVSyst 5 and 6, PVWatts, SAM, and Helioscope • Successfully closed out 1 project as project manager (28 kWdc) • Awarded 2013 Engineer/PM of the Year for SoCore Energy

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Systems Engineering Intern

SoCore Energy

Mar 2012 - Aug 2012 (6 months)

New Stanford Hospital Intern

Critchfield Mechanical Inc

Jun 2011 - Sep 2011 (4 months)

Worked on HVAC component of New Stanford hospital project including calculating duct take-offs, performing load calculations, and preparing project floor plans

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Phonathon Senior Supervisor

Northwestern University Office of Alumni Relations

Sep 2008 - Jun 2012 (3 years 10 months)

Optimized call center performance by analyzed statistical data using Microsoft Excel to develop big picture sales strategies and managing, coaching, and training a team of up to 25 student fundraisers

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Phonathon Caller

Northwestern Office of Alumni Relations

Sep 2008 - Jun 2009 (10 months)

Established rapport with Northwestern alumni to solicit donations and extend alumni community ties while raising over $20,000 through more than 250 pledges.

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