Mario Moorhead

Technology Executive | AI Strategy & Implementation · Baltimore City, OK
mario@blackskymedia.org

Blacksky . Maurice AI . GitHub · LinkedIn

About

Senior AI/ML Engineer with 10+ years of software development experience and deep expertise in building production RAG systems and LLM-powered applications. Hands-on experience implementing RAG pipelines using embeddings, vector search (Pinecone, ChromaDB), and multiple LLM providers (GPT-4, Claude, Llama, Mistral). Creator of production AI tools including a RAG-powered enterprise sales platform and an AI coding assistant. Pioneer of LLM-to-LLM testing methodology for automated AI quality assurance.

Experience

Senior AI/Full Stack Developer | FSIS/USDA

July 2024 – Present

  • Architected AI-powered translation platform integrating LLM capabilities with Python backend
  • Deployed containerized ML services on Kubernetes with Bicep infrastructure-as-code
  • Implemented Redis caching and PostgreSQL for high-performance AI inference pipelines
  • Led mobile accessibility testing for Turkey Calculator across dozens of physical devices

Solutions Architect | Blue Cadet / National Gallery of Art

June 2024 – August 2024

  • Deployed Azure infrastructure using ARM templates with CI/CD automation
  • Architected API-driven integrations between legacy and modern systems

Senior Full Stack Developer | ICF / USAID

December 2022 – October 2023

  • Built Python-based backend services and REST APIs for enterprise data platform on AWS
  • Implemented data pipelines and system integrations for international development applications
  • Led migration from legacy PHP to modern Python-based microservices architecture

Senior Application Architect | Infosys / Vanguard

November 2020 – September 2021

  • Architected enterprise applications for financial services with Python and cloud-native technologies
  • Led cross-functional teams delivering scalable solutions in regulated environment

Cloud Solutions Architect | Diamond IS / U.S. Treasury

April 2020 – November 2020

  • Led Azure cloud migration using Azure DevOps, ARM templates, and automated deployment pipelines
  • Designed scalable cloud architecture ensuring high availability and security compliance

Technical Skills

AI/ML: RAG architecture, LLM integration, prompt engineering, embeddings, semantic search, LLM-to-LLM testing, multi-agent systems

LLMs: OpenAI GPT-4, Anthropic Claude, Meta Llama 3.1, Mistral, fine-tuning, token optimization

Vector Databases: Pinecone, ChromaDB, FAISS, embedding-based semantic search, vector indexing

Frameworks: LangChain, LlamaIndex, Hugging Face Transformers, OpenAI API, Anthropic API

Languages: Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, PHP, SQL

Cloud/Infrastructure: AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Bicep, ARM templates

AI Projects

Maurice — RAG-Powered Enterprise Sales Platform

Blacksky LLC

  • Architected end-to-end RAG pipeline using embeddings, Pinecone vector search, and LLM orchestration
  • Implemented semantic search over enterprise documents with ChromaDB for prototyping and Pinecone for production
  • Built Python backend integrating GPT-4 and Claude APIs with custom prompt engineering for sales context
  • Designed multi-turn conversation memory and context management for coherent sales interactions

Ife — AI Coding Assistant

Blacksky LLC

  • Developed RAG-based coding assistant using LangChain for document retrieval and code generation
  • Implemented vector embeddings for codebase search using ChromaDB with custom chunking strategies
  • Built real-time code suggestion engine with streaming LLM responses
  • Pioneered LLM-to-LLM testing methodology using Ife to validate Maurice outputs at scale

SlimeHive — Swarm Robotics Platform

Blacksky LLC

  • Built distributed coordination system for swarm robotics using Python and MQTT
  • Implemented decentralized decision-making algorithms across Raspberry Pi nodes
  • Designed BLE mesh networking for inter-robot communication

Education

MS Exhibition Design — Fashion Institute of Technology (2008)

MSEd Education — Pace University (2004)

BS Communications — Parsons School of Design (1993)

Certifications

  • Acquia Certified Drupal Developer

A complete list of my work history is available upon request.