Vienna, Virginia, United States
Just starting this Very Popular AI Course (June 2026): https://www.kaggle.com/learn-guide/5-day-genai ------------------------------------------------- Its now May 2026 - I just completed my 3rd AI Hackathon. ------------------------------------------------- July 2023: Created my HuggingFace.co account: --> Feel free to validate by inspecting the last field "createdAt" (2023-07-27): --> https://huggingface.co/api/users/developeralex/overview October 2025: Committed an AI Python package. --> https://pypi.org/user/developeralex/ ------------------------------------------------- "Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)". Long ago I passed the CPA exam - while working at Ernst & Young. I am very heavy tech now. My last child moved out. So I am very productive when working from home. No distractions. :) If you do (or recruit for) Tech including AI - please send me an invite. I never IDK / I.D.K. (I don't know) LinkedIn invites. LION. Looking forward to connecting with you. Regards, Alex https://github.com/DeveloperAlex https://kaggle.com/DeveloperAlex d e v e l o p e r a l e x at g m a i l d o t c o m ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ :::: Great Resources :::: https://DeepLearning.ai = BEST site for learning AI. https://Udemy.com = Monthly plan has great training too. https://n8n.io = Writing AI Apps doesn't need to be hard. https://v2.dreamgen.com/ = Books written by AI. Interactive stories - really cool! https://ai.azure.com = Did my 3 AI Hackathons here on Foundry. https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock = Learning this now. ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ :::: AI Hackathon Badges :::: #3 https://www.credly.com/badges/573c487f-529b-44cd-8438-1d9235cc31b4 --> May 28 2026: A working Kubernetes w/ an SRE tool - to help reduce downtime. Did with 1 coworker. #2 https://www.credly.com/users/alexander-szarka/badges#credly --> April 17 2026: Made a P&C Insurance damages photo assessment tool - to add a description to photos submitted for damage claims. Did with 1 coworker. #1 https://globalai.community/badges/76081de6-e39c-4081-bf93-45372ed94548 --> April 6 2026: Made an Azure cert lesson planner - to assist in preparing for getting certified - called the Azure MCP for their documentation. Did by myself. --> Further proof: https://github.com/microsoft/agentsleague/issues/118 ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■
Came back to Capgemini in 2017 - after spending many years as an independent contractor working in the NYC market.
Clients served: Reuters - FX Trading app (written in Java). Running on Tibco Rendezvous. Lucent - embedded C++ (VxWorks Tornado) running on cell towers.
I assist people in transitioning into the IT field. By providing training & motivation to learn the skills required for a successful career in IT.
Reviewing upcoming Angular 10 book for Packt Publishing (part-time).