Loren Heyns

AI/ML Builder
Team Orchestrator
Lead Engineer


Loren's Resume
Industry Input-Output Modeling and Visualization

Supply Chain Impact Analysis
Input-Output reports using the US EPA's environmentally-extended input-output API. The Model Earth website provides international trade flow charts, state and county industry and employment data for local product Life Cycle Assessments.

Membership Mobility Storm Relocation Patterns

Impacts of Storm Intensity on Travel
Analyzing changes in X.com mobility patterns during storms using social media data to inform storm preparation and recovery geared toward environmentally beneficial outcomes when planning and restoring civic services, water and energy infrastructure.

CrowdSense ML Spatial Data Exchange

Multicamera, Multikey P2P Privacy
In the midst of rapidly expanding spatial data gathering, we find ourselves caught in a digital Tragedy of the Commons, in which siloed firms fail to exchange realtime spatial data due to a lack of standards for de-identification and peer authorized data recovery.


Loren Heyns - CV

2020 - Present

DreamStudio Earth - Collaborative Data Science
Lead Engineer, Planning Architect and AI Builder

2015 - Present

Georgia Dept of Economic Development - Programmer Analyst
Web Apps and IT Support including SharePoint Admin, Salesforce Admin, Exporter and Industry Directories
CameraReady Film Scouting Directory with Craig Dominey, Georgia Film Location Specialist
Georgia Recycling Coalition (GRC) directory with Costas Simoglou, COI Director of Energy Technology
Multi-Region Product Lifecycle Tools developed with Georgia Tech Smart Community Corps (SCC) students

2019 - Present

Model.Earth - Industry Comparison Tools
Model.Earth Project Lead - Data Visualization and App Development - AI Insights, Python ML, JQuery, React, D3
Grad student team: Cindy Azuero Pedraza, Nazanin Tabatabaei, Yilun Zha, Benjamin Liu
Impact Research Engineer: Dr. Wesley Ingwersen, Stanford Sustainable Solutions Lab
Energy Systems Advisor: Dr. Valerie Thomas, Georgia Institute of Technology

2018 - 2019

Georgia Tech - Hurricane Impacts on Mobility and Recovery
Storm Mobility Data Processing and Visualization - Python, PostgreSQL, Seaborn Charts, X.com Geotracking
Georgia Tech Network Dynamics Lab - Academic Advisor Dr. John E Taylor, Mentor Rachel Samuels

2000 - 2015

Dreamstudio CMS - Partner Admin Tools
DreamStudio Apps hosted using Github and Cloudflare for Georgia State Parks camphosts and Walker Foundation grant management. Partner tools for Georgia Department of Economic Development, SCLC, Green Law, and 10 Environmental Education state sites. .NET/SQL Membership and news management system development for Midtown Atlanta, Grant Park, West End and Glenwood Park Neighborhood Associations. Coordinator for open source government projects, hackathons and embeddable industry data visualizations.

1995 - 2000

Lead Web Engineer, Interactive Planet
Southern Company websites, NationsBank Loan Calculators and Olympic website, MCI email system
Project Management System and Calendar Development
Online project management system for Hands On Atlanta and CityCares (Points of Light)

1993 - 1995

Michigan Information Technology Network (MITN)
Internet Guide to Michigan, Satellite Distance Learning Network publications and technical support
Michigan State University Comm Tech Lab - Interactive video interfaces, Contact management systems

1986 - 1991

UCSB Business Economics BA - Broadband Infrastructure
Student Honors Thesis: Interactive Video Network Analysis - Coaxial vs Fiber Optics
UCSB Communication Studies BA - Media Effects Research Assistant
Research assistant to professor Daniel Linz - Study of human interaction based on eye gaze
Executive Director of the Santa Barbara Student Housing Co-op - Student editor of Honors newsletter

Course Highlights

Data and Visual Analytics - Team Project: Machine Learning for Community Forecasting
Computer Apps for Construction - Spatial Data Exchange for Infrastructure Resiliency with Privacy Protection
Multimodal Transportation - Focus on Commuter Airports, Cut-and-Cover Freight Rail, Beltline EV Shuttles
Responsible Conduct (Ethics) - Group presentation on Cultural Differences in Intelligent Vehicle System Design

Georgia Institute of Technology - 4.0 GPA

Two semesters toward Computational Science and Engineering PhD
CEE 4610 Multimodal Transport A  3 Fall 2018
CEE 6110 Computer Apps-Construction A  3 Fall 2018
CEE 8900 Special Problems A  3 Fall 2018
CEE 9000 Doctoral Thesis S  12 Fall 2018
CSE 6242 Data & Visual Analytics A  3 Spring 2019
PHIL 6000 Responsible Conduct-Res S  1 Spring 2019

DegreeWorks PDF

Michigan State University - 4.0 GPA

Comm Tech Lab. 1.5 of 2 years completed toward Telecommunications Masters. (10-1993 to 05-1995)

UC Santa Barbara - 3.4 GPA

BA Business Economics, BA Communication Studies, Art and Business History Emphasis (09-1986 to 06-1991)

Montclair High School - 4.2 GPA

Top math and English student in class of 463. Journalism, AP Physics, AP Calculus. National Merit Scholar.

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