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Noah Gift

Executive in Residence and Founder of Pragmatic AI Labs at Pragmatic AI Labs

Areas of expertise

  • - AI and Machine Learning
  • - Rust Programming
  • - Data Science and Data Engineering

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About me

Noah Gift is an accomplished technology leader with over 30 years of experience spanning film, TV, telecom, social networks, startups, and big data. He is a recognized expert on MLOps, data engineering, cloud architecture, and Rust programming. Gift founded Pragmatic AI Labs and serves as an Executive-in-Residence at Duke University, designing curriculum on machine learning, distributed systems, automation, and cloud development.

An award-winning author published by O'Reilly and Pearson, Gift's best-selling books on DevOps, MLOps, data engineering, and cloud computing are adopted by major universities worldwide. He has taught thousands of students at Duke, Northwestern, UC Berkeley, University of San Francisco, UC Davis, and other institutions. Gift worked with Caltech and JPL to build innovative automated IT systems.

Known for making complex topics understandable, Gift has taught hundreds of thousands about AI, ML, and cloud computing through online courses and books. He previously served as a startup CTO, leading engineering teams to build scalable distributed systems and machine learning applications.

A trusted voice in technology, Gift is an AWS ML Hero, Python Software Foundation Fellow, and keynote speaker at conferences focused on cloud development and ethical AI use. He holds certifications from AWS, Google, and Microsoft. Gift has published over 100 technical works and given workshops worldwide for NASA, PayPal, PyCon, and others.

Courses and Programs taught by Noah Gift

Introduction to Generative AI

Pragmatic AI Labs

Course
Data Engineering with Databricks

Pragmatic AI Labs

Course
Python and Pandas for Data Engineering

Pragmatic AI Labs

Course
Virtualization, Docker, and Kubernetes for Data Engineering

Pragmatic AI Labs

Course
Agile with AI

Pragmatic AI Labs

Course
Generative AI and LLMs on AWS

Pragmatic AI Labs

Course
Spark, Hadoop, and Snowflake for Data Engineering

Pragmatic AI Labs

Course
Using GenAI to Automate Software Development Tasks

Pragmatic AI Labs

Course
Large Language Models with Azure

Pragmatic AI Labs

Course
Open Source LLMOps

Pragmatic AI Labs

Course
Advanced Data Engineering

Pragmatic AI Labs

Course
Applied Local Large Language Models

Pragmatic AI Labs

Course
Linux and Bash for Data Engineering

Pragmatic AI Labs

Course
Small Language Models

Pragmatic AI Labs

Course
Cloud Computing Foundations

Pragmatic AI Labs

Course
DevOps, DataOps, MLOps

Pragmatic AI Labs

Course
Rust Data Engineering

Pragmatic AI Labs

Course
Cloud Data Engineering

Pragmatic AI Labs

Course
Beginning Llamafile

Pragmatic AI Labs

Course
Cloud Virtualization, Containers and APIs

Pragmatic AI Labs

Course
Rust for Large Language Model Operations (LLMOps)

Pragmatic AI Labs

Course
Web Applications and Command-Line Tools for Data Engineering

Pragmatic AI Labs

Course
Rust GUI Development for Linux

Pragmatic AI Labs

Course
Cloud Machine Learning Engineering and MLOps

Pragmatic AI Labs

Course
MLOps Platforms: Amazon SageMaker and Azure ML

Pragmatic AI Labs

Course
Radical Ideas AI Ethics

Pragmatic AI Labs

Course
Authoritative AWS

Pragmatic AI Labs

Course
Authoritative GCP

Pragmatic AI Labs

Course
GitHub Enterprise

Pragmatic AI Labs

Course
Rust-Powered AWS Serverless

Pragmatic AI Labs

Course
Large Language Model Operations (LLMOps)

Pragmatic AI Labs

Professional Certificate
7 Courses
Data Engineering Foundations

Pragmatic AI Labs

Professional Certificate
8 Courses
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