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David vonThenen


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David is a Senior AI/ML Engineer at DigitalOcean, where he’s dedicated to empowering developers to build, scale, and deploy AI/ML models in production environments. He brings deep expertise in building and training models for applications like NLP, data visualization, and real-time analytics. His mission is to help users build, train, and deploy AI models efficiently, making advanced machine learning accessible to developers of all levels.

Prior to DigitalOcean, he developed advanced conversational AI solutions and drove AI platform growth, specializing in NLP. David frequently shares his insights at industry conferences and workshops, offering hands-on guidance for implementing AI/ML in cloud environments. David’s experience includes Kubernetes, VMware virtualization, backup/recovery solutions, and hardware storage adaptor firmware/drivers.