Gary O’Keeffe is an accomplished and well-rounded data professional with a strong passion for driving productive impact. He has fifteen years of teaching and coaching experience ranging from: lecturing technical programs at universities, teaching at high schools, and coaching both youth and adult sports teams. Further to this, Gary has 8 years of results-orientated technical consulting experience across the United States and throughout Europe. In his spare time Gary is also the President of the PNW Chapter for INFORMS, and enjoys travelling. He is originally from the west coast of Ireland (where he earned his PhD in Applied Mathematics), and he founded the ML Op Shop (along with Kevin) after identifying a need for high-quality ML Ops consulting and education.