# Betty Tai **AI Solutions Architect | Enterprise AI/ML Platform Modernization & GenAI Integration** **AI Safety & Evaluation Systems Expert | Adversarial Testing Specialist** 850 John Carlyle St Apt 533, Alexandria, VA 22314 | [email protected] | https://www.linkedin.com/in/bettyctai/ | https://github.com/1digitaldesign | https://publish.obsidian.md/bettyctai/home ## Professional Summary AI Solutions Architect with 10+ years designing and modernizing large-scale IT infrastructures with AI/ML integration for federal and enterprise clients. Expert in cloud architecture (AWS, Azure, GCP), microservices, MLOps pipelines, and emerging AI technologies including Generative AI (GenAI) and Large Language Models (LLMs). Proven track record architecting mission-critical systems like AWIPS at NOAA, reducing technical debt by 80%, optimizing costs by 75%, and accelerating deployment cycles from years to months. Extensive federal civil service experience with expertise in federal procurement, enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF, DoDAF), and driving AI innovation in regulated environments. Career includes federal employee and W2 positions, with contract roles limited to Outlier and Siemens. ## Core Competencies **AI/ML & Emerging Technologies** - **AI Strategy & Architecture**: GenAI/LLM Integration, AI Governance, MLOps, Model Deployment, RAG Systems - **Machine Learning**: TensorFlow, PyTorch, Data Science Tools, Predictive Analytics, Computer Vision - **Data Architecture**: Data Lakes, Data Warehousing, ETL/ELT Pipelines, Big Data Analytics, GIS - **Emerging Tech**: Quantum Computing, Blockchain (Hyperledger), Vector Databases, Edge Computing **Enterprise & Cloud Architecture** - **Multi-Cloud Platforms**: AWS (SageMaker, Lambda, ECS), Azure (AI Services), GCP (Vertex AI) - **Architecture Frameworks**: TOGAF, DoDAF, ITIL, Microservices, Event-Driven, Serverless - **Infrastructure**: Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, DevSecOps, High-Performance Computing (HPC) - **Modernization**: Legacy System Migration, SOA to Microservices, Cloud-Native Transformation **Federal & Compliance** - **Security**: Zero Trust, NIST, FedRAMP, CISA Standards, Risk Management, SBOM - **Procurement**: RFP/RFI Process, FAR, NASA SEWP, Vendor Management - **Governance**: ATO Process, Data Governance, Compliance Auditing ## Professional Experience ### Solutions Architect (Managed Services) | phData, Inc. | 2025 - Present *W2 Employee - Leading cloud-native data platform implementations and managing complex projects for enterprise clients* - **Architect and implement large-scale data platform projects** on Snowflake, AWS, and Azure, driving strategic technical leadership for cloud-native solutions - **Lead data migration initiatives** to cloud platforms including Snowflake and Redshift, ensuring smooth integration of data lakes, data warehouses, and distributed systems - **Optimize platform performance and automation** by identifying opportunities for enhancement and leading performance optimization for client data platform capabilities - **Establish robust security frameworks** implementing industry best practices and security standards including comprehensive Data Governance across client environments - **Serve as trusted technical advisor** providing strategic guidance on data platform optimization and addressing complex technical challenges to meet business goals - **Manage multiple customer engagements** ensuring timely project delivery, optimizing operations to prevent resource overruns, and maximizing platform ROI - **Drive process engineering excellence** adapting to ongoing platform environment changes, debugging and enhancing features, and re-engineering systems as needed - **Provide technical mentorship** to junior engineers and collaborate cross-functionally with sales, engineering, and support teams to ensure seamless project delivery ### ML/Computer Science Expert Contributor | Outlier (Pegasus-Aether Project) | 2025 - Present *Contract - Advanced AI safety and evaluation systems expert specializing in adversarial testing* - Achieved 100% model stump rates and jailbreaking through systematic adversarial prompt engineering across 83+ technical domains with other PhD's from top institutions (Ivy's, MIT, ETH Zurich, etc) by developing question, solution and answer pairs with other PhD's from top institutions and validate them. - Developed automated evaluation systems using Vertex AI/Google Cloud to detect gaming patterns and quality issues - Identified and documented sophisticated gaming techniques including citation padding, synthetic complexity inflation, and checkpoint manipulation - Created multi-stage validation frameworks inspired by DevSecOps CI/CD pipelines to ensure evaluation integrity - Conducted research exposing systematic vulnerabilities in AI benchmarking systems, contributing to improved evaluation standards ### Solutions Architect (AI/ML & IT Modernization) | NOAA - National Weather Service HQ | 2023 - 2024 *Federal Civil Servant - Architected enterprise-wide modernization of AWIPS weather system serving millions of users* - **Led AI-driven weather translation initiative** piloting GenAI product for NYC forecasting, improving accessibility through natural language processing - **Architected AWIPS modernization roadmap** transitioning monolithic SOA to AWS-based microservices (Lambda, ECS Fargate, S3), reducing on-premise footprint by 25% with 2028 completion target - **Optimized cloud storage costs by 75%** from $400K to $84K annually through strategic architecture decisions and intelligent data lifecycle management - **Migrated critical data pipelines to AWS** increasing processing efficiency by 50% and enabling real-time weather data analysis - **Established enterprise data governance standards** and cybersecurity roadmap aligned with CISA/NIST, leading multiple Architecture Review Boards (ARBs) - **Developed unified enterprise architecture strategy** increasing system interoperability by 30% and reducing redundancy by 70% ### Solutions Architect (IT Modernization) | NOAA - Fisheries Northeast HQ | 2022 - 2023 *Federal Civil Servant - Transformed enterprise architecture for 75+ fisheries applications* - **Overhauled legacy application portfolio** reducing technical debt by 80% and on-premise footprint by 60% through strategic cloud migrations - **Designed workspace collaboration suite** modeled after Google Workspace, integrated with federal IT systems - **Implemented Agile transformation** establishing software factory model that reduced development cycles from 2 years to 2 months - **Led technical discovery initiatives** streamlining procurement processes and evaluating COTS solutions through vendor demonstrations - **Developed long-range enterprise architecture strategy** achieving 60% improvement in system interoperability ### Solutions Architect (Principal Software Engineer) | Northrop Grumman | 2022 *W2 Employee - Modernized software systems for electronic warfare platforms* - **Enhanced software-to-firmware integration** for EW algorithms improving system performance - **Advanced Software Defined Networking (SDN)** capabilities for electronic warfare systems - **Led DevSecOps transformation** integrating security best practices into development pipelines ### Solutions Architect | NASA | 2020 - 2021 *Federal Civil Servant - Pioneered fault-tolerant network architectures for Mars exploration* - **Architected Proof-of-Concept** for high-delay fault-tolerant networks supporting Mars missions - **Led cloud migration initiative** for Mars Rover data science workflows, reducing storage costs by 50% - **Engineered sensor data pipelines** for NASA's Interplanetary Internet & Web 4.0 research - **Drove SaaS EDA and Agile adoption** tripling team productivity and reducing unfulfilled work requests by 65% ### Solutions Engineer | Intel | 2018 - 2019 *W2 Employee - Developed high-performance networking solutions for DOD* - **Pioneered custom network switches** for Department of Defense applications - **Optimized DevOps workflows** reducing build times by 65-80% for 400 engineers and increasing ticket resolution by 125% - **Developed winning RFP proposals** securing contracts for AI-optimized GPU processing in network switches - **Delivered infrastructure roadmaps** identifying bottlenecks and enhancing efficiency across cybersecurity and infrastructure ### Solutions Developer | Siemens | 2016 - 2017 *Contract - Architected data solutions for FDA-compliant medical systems* - **Designed and developed data pipelines** for analysis of large scientific datasets in FDA Blood Analyzers group - **Created data visualization dashboards** cataloguing thousands of patient samples, reducing wastage by 85% - **Applied FDA-compliant statistical methodologies** optimizing antibody efficiency testing - **Influenced business decisions** through data-driven insights and scientific workflow optimization ## Technical Skills **Programming Languages**: Python, C++, JavaScript/TypeScript, SQL, Bash/Shell, VHDL, SystemVerilog, TLA+ **AI/ML Frameworks**: TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn, Data Science Tools, Computer Vision, NLP **Cloud Platforms**: AWS (Lambda, ECS, S3, SageMaker), Azure (AI Services), GCP (Vertex AI), Terraform **DevOps & MLOps**: Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, GitOps, Agile, Scrum, Infrastructure as Code **HPC & Acceleration**: CUDA Programming, GPU Computing (NVIDIA), OpenCL, OpenMP, MPI, HPC Clusters **Scientific Computing**: HPC Compilers, Runtime Systems, Job Schedulers (LSF, Slurm, PBS), Scientific Libraries **High-Speed Networking**: InfiniBand, Intel Omni-Path, RDMA, RoCE, Network Fabric Optimization **Storage Systems**: Distributed File Systems (Lustre, Ceph, GPFS), Storage Optimization, RAID Configuration **Data & Analytics**: SQL Databases, NoSQL, Data Lakes, Big Data, GIS, Business Intelligence **Security & Compliance**: Zero Trust, FedRAMP, NIST, CISA Tools, Vulnerability Analysis, Secure Coding ## Education & Certifications **MS, Systems Engineering** (In Progress, 3.26 GPA) – Johns Hopkins University **MS, Data Science (AI/ML Concentration)** (3.46 GPA) – Eastern University **BS, Electrical Engineering** (3.98 GPA) – Arizona State University **BA, Classics (Ancient Greek & Latin)** (3.86 GPA) – CUNY Brooklyn College **Certifications**: AWS Certified Solutions Architect (In Progress), TOGAF (In Progress), PMP (In Progress) ## Key Achievements & Publications - **$900M Federal Contract Success**: Increased ticket resolution by 250% through software factory implementation - **Cloud Cost Optimization**: Reduced AWS spend from $400K to $84K annually (79% reduction) - **Productivity Enhancement**: Increased engineering ticket resolution by 125% through DevOps optimization - **AI/ML Innovation**: Developed GenAI-powered forecasting solutions for NOAA Weather Service - **Federal Procurement Excellence**: Led and influenced multi-million-dollar RFP processes - **Published Research**: 3 peer-reviewed publications on biomarkers and precision medicine in oncology --- *For full details on work performed: https://www.foia.gov/agency-search.html* *For complaints, IT access issues: please go to [email protected] (US Dept of Justice).* *Please submit a FOIA request for full details to: https://www.dcsa.mil/ and https://www.defense.gov/.*