Jefferson Richards

Jefferson Richards

Social, Adaptable, Skilled

Dynamic and results-oriented professional with 10+ years of experience spearheading technology-driven projects and entrepreneurial ventures. Proven expertise in AI/ML, data analytics, cloud architecture (AWS), and full-stack development, with a strong focus on transforming complex data into actionable insights and innovative products. Key experience includes leading the architecture and development of LinguaLint.com, an advanced news analysis and knowledge discovery platform, and conceptualizing/prototyping various ventures in FinTech, RiskTech, and HealthTech.

Experience

Data Quality Engineer & ProdOps Lead

About Objects
Oct 2022 – Present

Supporting observability on how veterans engage with their own healthcare through wearable devices to ensure data quality — strengthening confidence between veterans and practitioners, enabling the Department of Veteran Affairs to deliver benefits faster. Standardizing Health Records through HL7 FHIR to improve interoperability and support data practitioners with Patient Generated Health Data from wearable devices like Dexcom, Abbott, Apple Health, Fitbit, and Garmin.

Business Intelligence Engineer

Red Fox Analytics
Mar 2020 – Mar 2022

Executed engineering for data models from Consumer Packaged Goods data sources. Compartmentalized data analytics workflows into scheduled processes within cloud environment. Quality Assurance on Tableau Dashboards by ensuring data integrity and data hygiene. Project Management.

Founder

RiskRunners
Tucson, AZ Jan 2018 – Dec 2019

An Actuarial club founded at UA focused on Probability and Finance. Drove to Actuarial Events at ASU and attended WSIA, CADS, and Gamma Iota Sigma events. One of the initial members continued the club after graduation, and the new generation of leadership continues to run risks.

Actuarial Internship

Nautilus Insurance Group (a Berkley Company)
Scottsdale, AZ Jun 2018 – Aug 2018

R&D NLP on Hotel/Motel Business Rules. Presentations of Developed Software to Underwriting, Claims, IT, and Actuaries. Data Architecture, SEO, Python, Selenium, MS Access, MS Excel.

Assistant Real Estate Management

Richards Rentals
Yuma, Arizona Jan 2017 – Jun 2023

Coordination with Contractors and Tenants; File Management, City Hall and Real Estate Scouting; Google Services.

Data and Software Architect

Sensutec
San Diego, CA Jan 2015 – Jun 2020

NLP, Calculus, Statistics, Probability, Finance, Machine Learning, Data Mining, Selenium Sentiment Analysis, AWS, Oracle, Node.js, Java, Android, iPhone.

Product Lifecycle Management Apprentice

Healthy Globe Research
San Diego, CA Jun 2015 – Dec 2017

Software Architecture, Data Architecture, Systems Integration, ETL, Zachman Modeling, Data Mapping, PLM (Windchill), 4-Tier Architecture, Object-Oriented Technology, AWS, Salesforce, Talend, Selenium, Java.

Richards Farm and Legal Apprentice

Law Offices of Jeff Richards
Yuma, AZ Jan 2012 – Dec 2014

Assistant Management of 900-acre tobacco farm, Painted Barn Roofs. Communications liaison between the law office and court.

Slaughterhouse Internship

University of California, Davis
Davis, CA Aug 2013 – Dec 2013

Provided understanding of where meat comes from.

Neurological Surgery Internship

St. Elizabeth's Medical Center
Brighton, MA Jun 2010 – Aug 2010

Shadowed surgeries: spinal, cranial, mammoplasty, port-a-cath, cardiac bypass, and more. Built an iPhone app to encode Parkinson's patient speech patterns. Research assistant in Schwann cell implantation.

Projects

Mar 2015 – Present

LinguaLint

LLM AI Research Tool with the Mission of Preserving Indigenous Languages

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Jan 2024 – Present

Richards Systems (R+) Technical Wiki

Centralized Confluence-based knowledge repository documenting over 10 years of homegrown AI research and systems architecture. Covers serverless workflows, the “9 Constraints of AI” framework, PySpark CPG analysis, and a navigable “System of Systems” for collaboration.

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Jan 2015 – Feb 2026

Survitality Series

A three-book series exploring the intersection of neuroscience, media influence, and macroeconomic tools as a survival guide. From Bio-Digital Mapping to the Calculus of Choice (R = I/N) to engineering cooperation through a Family Charter.

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Jan 2021 – Mar 2026

Optionality: An Experimental Album

A four-year creative journey bridging poetry and musical composition. Built on rapid prototyping, market validation via SoundCloud, and data-driven track selection using Zipf’s Law distribution in listener behavior.

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Aug 2023 – Present

Integral Manufacturing and Shared Services

Understand then Propagate PLM, ERP, and CRM to play a part in resolving the Productivity Paradox

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Aug 2019 – Sep 2021

Risk Wiki

Risk Factors from Publicly Traded Companies processed by LinguaLint

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Oct 2014 – Present

Perry Dime Publications

Philosophy, Poetry, Letters, AI, Neurosurgery Journal, Music, Art, Dream Journals

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Sep 2016 – Sep 2017

ISO 31000 News Service

NLP Big Data Portfolio Earned 50 emails in 3 days on the San Diego Boardwalk

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Education & Organizations

Education

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University of Arizona

Bachelor of Science – BS 2018 – 2019

Economics, Real Analysis, Probability, Linear Algebra, Stochastic Processes, Partial Differential Equations, Latin, Upper Division Finance

Focused on Multivariate Regression, Polynomial Fit, Fourier Transform, Markov Chain, TVM, Black-Scholes. Founded an Actuarial Club that is still in operation.

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San Diego Mesa College

Associate of Science – AS 2016 – 2017

C++, Java, Linear Algebra, Discrete Math, Essay Writing, GPU Virtual Machines for Self-Driving Cars

Returned to school for Mathematics after writing natural language machine learning algorithms.

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University of California, Davis

No Degree (Attended) 2012 – 2014

Plant Science, Biology, Chemistry, Calculus, C Programming, Linear Regression, Legal Writing, Sustainable Systems

Originally studied farming to help manage the family tobacco farm in Kentucky. Began programming a poetry database and pivoted to pursue linguistic machine learning. Founded Innovation Network.

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Poway High School

High School Diploma 2008 – 2011

Spanish, Tennis, Drama, Video, Founder of Philosophy Club

Won an award for Most Dramatic in Drama Class.

Organizations

Arizona Captive Insurance Association

Member Feb 2026 – Present

Joined AZCIA as founder of UA RiskRunners and active researcher of captive structures.

Alpha Cashflow Cohort

Member Feb 2026 – Present

Meets Tuesdays and Saturdays to play Cashflow Board Game. Supporting the team with a web crawling risk report tool.

Arizona Sands Club

Member Apr 2025 – Present

Business Networking above the Football Stadium.

EpicIdeas.club

President Jun 2022 – Jun 2025

12-member Community Philosophy Club with a nascent aim towards Toleration. Pivoted to Pickleball, then Market Analysis with Richards Plus.

Boston Computation Club

Member Aug 2020 – Present bstn.cc →

Casualty Actuaries of the Desert States (CADS)

Member Jan 2019 – Present

Discussed models of cyber attack, wildfire, and self-driving cars.

MANGOs

President Apr 2019 – Dec 2021

Maieutic and Applicable Negotiations, Guarantees, and Opportunities — a team built to metabolize idiosyncrasies and recognize patterns.

James Jam

Coordinator and Maid Jan 2016 – Dec 2017

Largest Blues/Rock Meetup in San Diego. Biweekly meetings with strum-along acoustics and electric solos.

Business Presidents' Council

Member Jan 2012 – Dec 2015

Deliberative Assembly with Special Interest Funding bringing together business club presidents on campus.

Innovation Network

Founder / President Jan 2013 – Dec 2015

Deliberative Assembly addressing legal limitations of discussing potential patents while protecting IP. Developed a customizable pocket-sized fold-out NDA concept.

Philosophy Club

Founder / President Jan 2010 – May 2011

6 students and 6 professors would sit in for philosophical presentations.

Volunteering

House Poet

Espresso Art Cafe
Arts & Culture Aug 2022 – Jan 2026

Community Publishing: Authored and self-published annual poetry collections, hand-distributing 100 copies per year to 150+ local residents. Co-founded a Poetry Night with veteran poet Kenneth Wade, serving as literary assistant for 1.5 years. Anchored weekly open mic sessions and scaled the event into a partnership with the University of Arizona Creative Writing department, bringing 25+ student writers into weekly sessions.

Gifting Tech Services and Physical Labor

Arizona Tucson Mission-Church
Economic Empowerment Apr 2025 – Jan 2026

Healthcare Assistant

Alzheimer's Home in Michigan
Health May 2012 – Jun 2012

Spent time recording conversations with a family member during the peak of his Alzheimer's, documenting the effects on spatial-temporal perception and preserving personal stories.

Skills

Market Research Economics Artificial Intelligence (AI) Insurance Data Quality Assurance Amazon Web Services (AWS) Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) Natural Language Processing (NLP) Large Language Models (LLM) Stochastic Processes Product Lifecycle Management Teamcenter Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Data Architecture Actuarial Science Oracle Database Java Tableau REST Python R Android iOS AWS Glue C++ MATLAB NetSuite LaTeX MySQL Node.js Salesforce SQL Trello Tableau Prep Partial Differential Equations Windchill Talend Salesforce Development Plain English Cashflow (board game) Go (board game) Multivariable Regression Outdoor Painting Symbolic Logic NL Business Rule Processing File Organization (Taxonomy) Risk Management Notifications Probability Quantitative Finance Alteryx Snowflake