Michael James O'Kelly
FounderFounder at HighlightCam
Mountain View, California, United States
FoundedHighlightCam · YC
About
Michael James O'Kelly is Director of Backend Engineering at Cobalt Robotics, where he was the second employee, and previously founded a Y Combinator company. He holds a PhD in biophysics from MIT and undergraduate degrees in physics, mathematics, and chemistry, with work spanning bioinformatics, cancer research, security, robotics, and cosmology. His technical background includes Python, machine learning, computer vision, natural language processing, APIs, infrastructure, databases, devops, and cybersecurity.
Founder at HighlightCamYC S09
Intro paths
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Co-founders at HighlightCam
MK
Michael KatsevmanFounder/CTO
Experience
- Cobalt RoboticsEmployee #2, Director of Backend Engineeringcurrent2016 — presentMountain View, CA
- Bugcrowd IncDirector of Data Science2015 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- PlanGridBackend Lead Engineer2013 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
- HighlightCam, Inc.Founder and President2008 — 2013Mountain View, CA
- Broad Institute of MIT and HarvardComputational Biologist2008 — 2009
- MITGrad student2001 — 2008
Skills & more
Python10C3MySQLLaTeX1Physics8Computational Biology4Machine Learning13Scientific Computing4Distributed Systems4Bioinformatics5Statistics4Computer Vision3
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AlgorithmsArtificial IntelligenceStart-upsCloud ComputingEntrepreneurshipSoftware EngineeringProgrammingSoftware DevelopmentFrom Michael's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Michael James O'Kelly?
- Michael James O'Kelly is Director of Backend Engineering at Cobalt Robotics, where he was the second employee, and previously founded a Y Combinator company. He holds a PhD in biophysics from MIT and undergraduate degrees in physics, mathematics, and chemistry, with work spanning bioinformatics, cancer research, security, robotics, and cosmology. His technical background includes Python, machine learning, computer vision, natural language processing, APIs, infrastructure, databases, devops, and cybersecurity.
- Where does Michael James O'Kelly work?
- Michael James O'Kelly is Founder of HighlightCam.
- What companies did Michael James O'Kelly found?
- Michael James O'Kelly founded HighlightCam.
- Where did Michael James O'Kelly go to school?
- Michael James O'Kelly studied at Y Combinator; Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD, Physics (Biophysics)); Carnegie Mellon University (BSc, Physics).
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