From Silicon Valley to Toulouse, I'm known for turning lemons into lemonade, or into AI solutions. Machine Learning Engineer with a strong background in Electrical Engineering and founder of an AI consulting company. I specialize in building practical AI solutions, from computer vision on embedded devices to end-to-end data pipelines and GenAI applications. I enjoy turning challenging problems into feasible, measurable outcomes. Certified in 2025 in Neuro Linguistics by INLPTA.

Héloïse Barbier

From Silicon Valley to Toulouse, I'm known for turning lemons into lemonade, or into AI solutions. Machine Learning Engineer with a strong background in Electrical Engineering and founder of an AI consulting company. I specialize in building practical AI solutions, from computer vision on embedded devices to end-to-end data pipelines and GenAI applications. I enjoy turning challenging problems into feasible, measurable outcomes. Certified in 2025 in Neuro Linguistics by INLPTA.

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From Silicon Valley to Toulouse, I’m known for turning lemons into lemonade, or into AI solutions.

Machine Learning Engineer with a strong background in Electrical Engineering and founder of an AI consulting company. I specialize in building practical AI solutions, from computer vision on embedded devices to end-to-end data pipelines and GenAI applications. I enjoy turning challenging problems into feasible, measurable outcomes.

Certified in 2025 in Neuro Linguistics by INLPTA.

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Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Intermediate

Language

English
Fluent
French
Fluent
Spanish; Castilian
Beginner

Work Experience

Founder at E.U.R.L. Heloise Barbier Consulting
October 1, 2023 - Present
Autonomous AI consulting firm offering AI services and education about AI. VergeSense was the main customer for more than 1.5 years. Responsibilities include clarifying customer needs, delivering proof-of-concept projects and full AI solutions, and explaining technical aspects in clear terms. The business focuses on traditional ML/DL and generative AI (GenAI).
Machine Learning Engineer (Computer Vision) at VergeSense
January 1, 2021 - August 31, 2025
Led end-to-end workflow for automated data collection and ML evaluation, collaborating with cross-functional teams as product owner and integrating AWS and Snowflake (SQL). Implemented a GenAI Diffusion model (ControlNet) to reconstruct images from limited inputs. Trained edge-optimized detectors (Mobilenet-SSD) achieving target accuracy (95% F1). Trained instance segmentation (YOLOv8) in PyTorch, explored ViT depth estimation architectures, and migrated code from TF1 to TF2 to improve training efficiency by 20%. Mentored a junior engineer in building a visualization platform for ML QA, reducing false positives by 50%, and designed a Siamese NN for production line visual quality checks. Evaluated camera module impact with firmware team to maintain product accuracy.
Intern, Power Electronics at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University - SPbPU
May 1, 2019 - August 31, 2019
Developed a PWM rectifier for a plasma torch. Created digital models using MATLAB/Simulink. Used SOLIDWORKS/COMSOL Multiphysics for design and simulation tasks.

Education

M.S. in Electrical Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology
September 1, 2019 - September 1, 2020
M.S. in Electrical Engineering at ENSEA
January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2020
CPGE (French preparatory classes) at Lycée Saliège, Balma
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2017
Certified Practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming at The International NLP Trainers Association (INLPTA)
January 1, 2025 - December 19, 2025

Qualifications

Certified Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (INLPTA)
January 1, 2025 - February 15, 2026
Certified Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming
January 1, 2025 - February 15, 2026
Certified Practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming (INLPTA)
January 1, 2025 - February 20, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Computers & Electronics