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10 machine learning consultants
These ten machine learning consultants build ML systems and advise on ML projects for clients, working as independent consultants, freelancers or founders of their own consultancies. A reader can learn how experienced ML consultants scope a project, move a model from prototype to production and decide when simpler methods are enough.
Professionals to explore
01—10Albert Vilamala, PhD
LinkedInExperience: Lead AI ML Architect, Data Scientist & Founder · Neosoftia – AI Systems Architecture & Leadership on Demand
Lead AI ML Architect, Data Scientist & Founder at Neosoftia since 2024; his profile describes him as a hands-on contract and fractional consultant who builds and deploys GenAI, vision, NLP and MLOps systems on AWS. He was AI ML Engineer & Consultant at TetraxAI-Ultrafast Renewables M&A (2025) and Senior Data Scientist Global Data Science & AI Services at OLX (2022–2023).
Aleksandr Kuznetsov
LinkedInExperience: ML Architect & Consultant · Self Employed
Self-employed ML Architect & Consultant since March 2024; his profile says he designs and implements AI/ML architectures and cites over 10 years across healthcare, pharma and life sciences in NLP, computer vision and machine learning engineering. He was Machine Learning Tech Lead at BioAge Labs (2025), Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Ooma, Inc. (2024–2025) and Senior Data Scientist at EPAM Systems (2022–2024).
Brian Timmerman, PhD
LinkedInExperience: Machine Learning Consultant · Freelance
Freelance Machine Learning Consultant since 2024; his profile says he offers machine learning and data science consulting from large-scale pipeline development to small-scale analysis, drawing on his research and development experience. He was a PHD Candidate at New York University Tandon School of Engineering (2018–2024) and a self-employed Private Research Consultant (2023).
Drew Dela Cruz
LinkedInExperience: AI & Machine Learning Consultant · Freelance
Freelance AI & Machine Learning Consultant since January 2026. At Accenture he was AI ML Lead (2025), AI ML Engineer (2024), AI ML Engineer - Accenture Federal Services (2021–2024) and AI ML Consultant (2019–2022). His profile cites AI-driven automation at Accenture with $20M in projected annual savings and visual search infrastructure at Disney.
Lev G.
LinkedInExperience: Founder & Principal Consultant · Lev Golod Data Science Consulting
Founder & Principal Consultant at Lev Golod Data Science Consulting since February 2025; his profile describes him as an independent data science consultant working with clients on machine learning implementation, data infrastructure and applied AI strategy. At Point Predictive he was Vice President of Data Science (2021–2025), Director of Data Science (2020–2021) and Staff Data Scientist (2019–2020).
Luca Cerone
LinkedInExperience: Independent ML & AI Infrastructure Consultant · Luca Cerone
Independent ML & AI Infrastructure Consultant since May 2026, based in Barcelona; his profile says his background is in data science and MLOps, working on the gap between ML experimentation and production through pipelines and containerized models. He was Senior Data Scientist at Domestika (2024–2025), Senior Machine Learning Scientist at hackerone hunterdm (2022–2024) and Senior Data Scientist at letgo (2017–2022).
Paul Bridger
LinkedInExperience: Machine Learning Engineering Consultant · Independent Consultant
Machine Learning Engineering Consultant as an independent consultant since 2020; his profile headline also describes him as a technical co-founder. He was Machine Learning Advisor and Machine Learning Optimization Lead at WOMBO (2021–2023), Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Dive Tech (2019–2020) and Machine Learning Engineer at Graphyte (2018–2019).
Rahul Jha
LinkedInExperience: Independent AI ML Consultant (Freelance) · Independent
Independent AI ML Consultant (Freelance) since July 2024; his profile says he has delivered 25+ AI/ML projects for global clients with Top Rated Plus status on UpWork, specializing in vector search, RAG pipelines and workflow automation. He was Senior Engineer at Nagarro (2023–2024), Data Science Consultant at NEORIS (2022–2023) and Deputy Manager (Data Analytics) at Kotak Mahindra Bank (2020–2022).
Serhii K.
LinkedInExperience: Independent AI & ML Consultant · Korsunenko
Independent AI & ML Consultant at Korsunenko since November 2025; his profile says he spent 15 years building ML systems and now helps companies close the gap between a prototype and a system that runs in production. He was Senior Data Scientist at EPAM Systems (2020–2025) and Freelance Data Scientist & Python Developer (2019–2020).
Tomas Heiskanen
LinkedInExperience: Data Science, Machine Learning, AI · Independent Consultant
Independent consultant in data science, machine learning and AI since October 2024. He was Principal Machine Learning Consultant at Thoughtworks (2022–2024), and at Fourkind he was Principal Machine Learning Consultant (2021–2022), Machine Learning Partner (2020–2021) and Artificial Intelligence Consultant (2018–2020). His profile describes more than a decade in predictive modeling, including simulation software to reduce animal testing.
Choose the right perspective
Match the consultant's specialty to your problem, since computer vision, NLP and LLM work, MLOps and classic predictive modeling call for different skills. Ask for an example of a model they took to production and how they measured its business impact before choosing.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you decide whether a problem needs machine learning at all?
- 02What does it take to move a model from a prototype notebook into reliable production use?
- 03How do you monitor a deployed model and decide when it needs retraining?
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