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Jeremy Cleland

> AI Engineer

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Retired Special Forces Medic turned AI engineer and product leader. Most recently Director of AI & Product at a venture-backed AI startup, building ML systems that help veterans get the benefits they deserve. Now open to what's next.

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PythonPyTorchReinforcement LearningAlgorithm Analysis

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About Me

I'm Jeremy—a retired Special Forces Medical Sergeant and AI Engineer, most recently Director of AI & Product at a venture-backed AI startup, where I built the AI systems that help veterans navigate the VA disability claims process. After fifteen years in uniform—eight of those in 7th Special Forces Group running medical care under fire—I earned my M.S. in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Michigan-Dearborn in 2025 and brought both halves of that experience together building products for veterans.

That mix—leading under fire, then engineering systems for the same population I once treated—is the angle I bring to ML and AI: I trained models on VA rating criteria, structured nexus-letter workflows, and read clinical evidence with a clinician's eye on problems most engineers don't see. The mission is the same one that drove me as a medic: when a fellow service member needs help, you show up and you get it done.

Years in uniform: 15
Years SOF: 8
M.S. AI: 2025

Current Focus

I'm looking for my next role—ideally AI/product leadership where I can own hard, high-stakes problems end-to-end and ship real models into production. Coming off building clinical-evidence pipelines, retrieval-augmented drafting, and ML-assisted rating workflows for veterans, I'm now open to new opportunities where domain depth, applied AI, and measurable outcomes matter more than hype.

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Skills & Experience

A snapshot of my professional background and technical expertise.

Technical Skills

AI & Machine Learning

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Scikit-learn

Pandas

NumPy

OpenAI API

Languages

Python

JavaScript

SQL

Bash

Platform & DevOps

FastAPI

Flask

Docker

Kubernetes

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Recent Background

Education

University of Michigan-Dearborn

M.S. in Artificial Intelligence

2025Dearborn, MI

Experience

Director, AI & Product
Venture-Backed AI Startup
2025 – 2026Remote
Special Forces Medical Sergeant
U.S. Army — 7th SFG(A)
2014 – 2022Global

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Featured Projects

A selection of my recent work in AI, machine learning, and web development.

PlantDoc: Plant Disease Classification

State-of-the-art plant disease classification with CBAM-augmented ResNet18, achieving 97.46% accuracy across 38 disease categories.

Computer VisionCNNAttention Mechanisms+3

Aug 17, 2025Jeremy Cleland

Real-Time Parking Optimization System

A sophisticated real-time collaborative parking space optimization system using advanced algorithms including dynamic pricing, smart routing, and demand prediction for urban environments.

AlgorithmsMachine LearningPython+4

Dec 5, 2024Jeremy Cleland

Sepsis Prediction Pipeline

Advanced machine learning pipeline for early sepsis detection using Random Forest, XGBoost, and Logistic Regression models with hyperparameter tuning.

Machine LearningHealthcare AIData Science+3

Oct 15, 2024Jeremy Cleland

HMER: Image to LaTeX Converter

A deep learning-based system for converting images of mathematical expressions into LaTeX code, using sequence-to-sequence architecture with CNN/ResNet encoder and LSTM decoder.

Deep LearningComputer VisionPyTorch+5

Nov 10, 2023Jeremy Cleland

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Latest Articles

Thoughts, insights, and updates from my journey in AI and technology.

Enough is Enough: The Fight for the Major Richard Star Act

America's most wounded warriors are still fighting—but now it's against Congress. The Major Richard Star Act would end the cruel offset that steals retirement pay from 50,000 combat-injured veterans. It's time to keep our promise.

Jul 25, 2025Jeremy Cleland

AI at the Operator's Edge: How Special Forces and Artificial Intelligence Are Shaping the Future of Warfare

Explore how edge AI is transforming special operations with tactical-level data processing, human-machine teaming, and enhanced decision-making at the front lines—insights from a Green Beret turned AI developer.

May 13, 2025Jeremy Cleland

AI-Driven Medical Triage & Diagnosis: Lessons from a Special Forces Medic

Former Green Beret Medical Sergeant turned AI Engineer reveals how battlefield protocols MARCH/PAWS combined with explainable AI can revolutionize trauma care in austere environments.

May 9, 2025Jeremy Cleland

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Jeremy Cleland

> AI Engineer