About

About Alfred So

Alfred So (蘇哲緯) — ML Engineer | 11 Cloud & ML Certifications | AI Startup Founder | Published Author

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I'm Alfred So, an ML Engineer building production-ready machine learning systems that solve real business problems. From fraud detection APIs on AWS SageMaker to neural recommendation systems with live demos, I specialize in end-to-end ML pipelines—from data ingestion through scalable model serving.

🎯 Seeking ML Engineer / MLOps / AI Engineer roles in Hong Kong & San Francisco Bay Area | Available June 2026

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🚀 Current Focus

**MindGlow AI — Founder & Tech Lead**
🏆 GBA Youth Startup Competition Finalist | HKD$360,000 Funding Secured
Building AI-powered hypnosis therapy combining my Occupational Therapy expertise with cutting-edge ML. Jan 31 filming with production company. Company incorporation by June 2026.

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**11 Professional Certifications (Jan 2026):**
✅ AWS Certified Machine Learning – Specialty
✅ Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate  
✅ Google Cloud Machine Learning Engineer
✅ Databricks Certified Machine Learning Professional
✅ NVIDIA Certified Professional – Accelerated Data Science (just passed!)
✅ NVIDIA Certified Professional – Agentic AI
✅ NVIDIA AI Infrastructure & Operations
✅ NVIDIA Generative AI
✅ DeepLearning.AI TensorFlow Developer Certificate
✅ IBM Data Science Professional Certification
✅ Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate

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🛠️ Technical Expertise

**Production ML Systems:**
- Fraud detection API (AWS Lambda + SageMaker, 99.9% accuracy)
- Neural Collaborative Filtering recommender (66.2% RMSE improvement)
- Real-time stock forecasting dashboard (LSTM + Prophet, <10% MAPE)
- Multi-agent AI research assistant (CrewAI + real-time web search)
- HK healthcare RAG chatbot (616 docs, 3-5s latency, $0/month)

**Tech Stack:** PyTorch, TensorFlow, FastAPI, Streamlit, Docker, AWS/GCP/Azure/Databricks/NVIDIA, LangChain, LoRA fine-tuning

**7 Live Demos:** github.com/Donald8585 | alfredso.com/portfolio

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📚 Published Author

**The Technocratic Dividend** (2025, Amazon, ISBN: 9887144614)
244-page analysis of evidence-based governance and technology policy. Demonstrates ability to synthesize complex technical concepts for general audiences.

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🎓 Background

**MSc Data Science & AI** — Hang Seng University of Hong Kong (May 2026, GPA 3.8+)
**Licensed Occupational Therapist** — 4+ years clinical experience translating complex stakeholder needs into technical solutions
**Content Creator** — "Wait What Happened" YouTube Shorts (Roblox rants)

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🌍 Global Perspective

Comparative thinker drawing lessons from advanced democracies and Global South. Action-oriented frameworks over theory. Powered by debate, global research, and AI analysis.

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📫 Connect With Me

**Job Opportunities (ML Engineer / MLOps):** fiverrkroft@gmail.com
**Speaking / Media / Collaboration:** alfredsocollaboration@gmail.com  
**Portfolio:** alfredso.com/portfolio
**GitHub:** github.com/Donald8585
**LinkedIn:** linkedin.com/in/alfred-so
**Kaggle:** kaggle.com/sword4949

Let's build production ML systems that deliver real impact!