Virtual Resume

Jacob Furtaw — Machine Learning & AI Engineer

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Experience

GenAI Engineer

Frontier Signal Partners

Baltimore, MD

Jan 2026 – Present

Building advanced generative AI solutions and intelligent systems.

PythonLLMsGenerative AI

Co-Founder & Machine Learning Engineer

SurgePoint Software LLC

Towson, MD

Aug 2023 – Jan 2025

Led the development of an AI-powered student information AI assistant using Llama 3.1, Mistral models, and a custom RAG pipeline. Curated a 13M-line dataset from 200M+ of webscrapped data and raw documents. Co-founded the startup and won $1,000 in the Towson StartUp Cohort.

PythonRAGLlama 3.1Mistral 7BPrompt EngineeringLLMsData Engineering

Advanced Repair Agent

Geek Squad / Best Buy

Towson & Owings Mills, MD

Mar 2022 – Apr 2026

Diagnosed and repaired complex hardware and software issues for computers, laptops, smartphones, and consumer electronics. Specialized in data recovery, malware removal, and OS troubleshooting (Windows/macOS).

Hardware RepairSoftware TroubleshootingData RecoveryMalware RemovalWindowsmacOS

Skills & Technologies

PythonPyTorchTensorFlowMachine LearningDeep LearningNatural Language ProcessingComputer VisionRAGLLMsPrompt EngineeringData EngineeringReactNext.jsTypeScriptTailwind CSSDockerAWSGitHardware TroubleshootingData Recovery

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

Towson University

Towson, MD • Jan 2021 – Dec 2023

Software Engineering Track | Relevant coursework: Artificial Intelligence, Data Structures & Algorithms, Software Engineering, Database Management, Object-Oriented Design, Web Programming, Linear Algebra, Statistics

Associate of Arts in Computer Science

Howard Community College

Columbia, MD • Aug 2019 – Dec 2021

Relevant coursework: Computer Science I & II, Discrete Mathematics, Python, Calculus I & II