Mark Soper's Blog
In 2018 I joined the Azure Machine Learning Group at Microsoft's New England Research & Development (NERD) Center in Cambridge, MA. As a Software Engineer I build cloud platform software that improves the way data scientists develop and operationalize machine learning models.
From 2011-2017 I ran a small software development business, helping early-stage startups build web and mobile apps. After shutting down my own consumer tech startup RallyPlan, I began helping startup CEOs and product managers succeed with their web and mobile applications. I've delivered entire products solo, including UI/UX design. I've also recruited and led teams to deliver large projects. We used the best technology for the specific project, most typically Node.js, Angular, React, Rails, Python, and AWS
From 2007-2010 I founded and ran RallyPlan, a bootstrap startup that mined Twitter data using NLP algorithms and machine learning to help people discover social events. From 1998-2007 I built data management, business intelligence, and machine learning systems as engineer at MicroStrategy and SAS Institute.
Mark Soper's Blog