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I am Emmanuel Ugwu, AI Engineer and founder with 10+ years building production ML systems across computer vision, NLP, and healthcare diagnostics. I design and deploy end-to-end AI solutions that power real-world medical devices and imaging workflows. I’m a patent holder for an AI-powered ocular diagnostic device (Cipher), and an active member of NVIDIA Inception, Intel LiftOff for AI Startups, Google Startups for Sustainable Development, and Microsoft for Startups. I work hands-on with PyTorch, TensorFlow, YOLO, and modern LLM/RAG stacks—from data curation and model training to deployment on cloud GPUs.…I am Emmanuel Ugwu, AI Engineer and founder with 10+ years building production ML systems across computer vision, NLP, and healthcare diagnostics. I design and deploy end-to-end AI solutions that power real-world medical devices and imaging workflows. I’m a patent holder for an AI-powered ocular diagnostic device (Cipher), and an active member of NVIDIA Inception, Intel LiftOff for AI Startups, Google Startups for Sustainable Development, and Microsoft for Startups. I work hands-on with PyTorch, TensorFlow, YOLO, and modern LLM/RAG stacks—from data curation and model training to deployment on cloud GPUs.

Emmanuel Ugwu

AI Engineer, Data Scientist, Full Stack Developer, +2

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I am Emmanuel Ugwu, AI Engineer and founder with 10+ years building production ML systems across computer vision, NLP, and healthcare diagnostics. I design and deploy end-to-end AI solutions that power real-world medical devices and imaging workflows. I’m a patent holder for an AI-powered ocular diagnostic device (Cipher), and an active member of NVIDIA Inception, Intel LiftOff for AI Startups, Google Startups for Sustainable Development, and Microsoft for Startups. I work hands-on with PyTorch, TensorFlow, YOLO, and modern LLM/RAG stacks—from data curation and model training to deployment on cloud GPUs.…I am Emmanuel Ugwu, AI Engineer and founder with 10+ years building production ML systems across computer vision, NLP, and healthcare diagnostics. I design and deploy end-to-end AI solutions that power real-world medical devices and imaging workflows. I’m a patent holder for an AI-powered ocular diagnostic device (Cipher), and an active member of NVIDIA Inception, Intel LiftOff for AI Startups, Google Startups for Sustainable Development, and Microsoft for Startups. I work hands-on with PyTorch, TensorFlow, YOLO, and modern LLM/RAG stacks—from data curation and model training to deployment on cloud GPUs.

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I am Emmanuel Ugwu, AI Engineer and founder with 10+ years building production ML systems across computer vision, NLP, and healthcare diagnostics. I design and deploy end-to-end AI solutions that power real-world medical devices and imaging workflows.

I’m a patent holder for an AI-powered ocular diagnostic device (Cipher), and an active member of NVIDIA Inception, Intel LiftOff for AI Startups, Google Startups for Sustainable Development, and Microsoft for Startups. I work hands-on with PyTorch, TensorFlow, YOLO, and modern LLM/RAG stacks—from data curation and model training to deployment on cloud GPUs.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

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Expert

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Expert

Language

Javanese

Advanced

Work Experience

Founder & AI Engineer (CEO) at MicroFuse Technologies, LLC

July 1, 2016 - Present

Designed and trained the deep learning models behind Cipher (Oculus Cipher) — a patented AI ocular diagnostic device using CNN-based computer vision to detect Malaria, Diabetes, and Cancer from smartphone-captured eye images. Built end-to-end ML pipelines: dataset curation and annotation, augmentation, training on NVIDIA GPUs (PyTorch / TensorFlow / YOLO), evaluation, and on-device deployment for low-resource clinical settings. Selected for NVIDIA Inception, Intel LiftOff for AI Startups, Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub, and Google Startups for Sustainable Development — leveraging cloud GPU credits for large-scale model training. Led technical product strategy, ML architecture decisions, and team mentorship across AI, embedded systems, and full-stack engineering. Won ASME ISHOW 2020 and finalist/runner-up at Extreme Tech Challenge 2022 and Mass Challenge Switzerland 2022 for AI-driven medical device innovation.

Technical Team Lead at Office of the Governor, Oyo State

April 1, 2015 - April 1, 2016

Led a 15-engineer team delivering the Oyo State Asset Management System, increasing asset utilization by 30% and reducing maintenance costs. Designed the architecture and in-house comms protocol powering the Management Information Centre (MIC). Built an in-house tracking system for the OYSIMCA project, improving operational efficiency by 60%.

Senior Developer / CTO at Upgraded Era Ltd.

October 1, 2014 - October 1, 2016

Drove adoption of technology models that improved cost-effectiveness and impacted the bottom line. Owned product release management, technical support, and penetration testing for client deployments. Co-organized and hosted Nigeria's first Cyber Security Challenge (CYSEC_NG 2016).