Brayden McLean
Engineer, Analyst, Altruist
Experience
Anthropic
TPM 2023+
Supporting the safe development and deployment of AI
Cruise
Senior Staff Technical Program Manager 2018 - 2022
Responsible for leading and coordination across the Safety, AI, and Robotics software departments the first successful launch of fully autonomous passenger rides in San Francisco.
LyftData Analyst / Scientist / Manager Feb 2015 - 2018
I helped build out the Business Intelligence team, as a data analyst and eventual engineering manager. Responsible for Lyft’s ETL and analytical data warehouse, and BI tools serving 1500 internal users.
BellroyData Analyst Dec 2013 - Mar 2014Built internal company dashboards and performed statistical analyses to help optimize sales, marketing, and operations
Public Transport VictoriaTransport Systems and Technology Engineer Jan 2012 - Dec 2013- Conceived and prototyped big data analysis project using train black box data. Built proof of concept from scratch using Python, giving our timetabling and maintenance teams a more accurate source of data. Overhauled maintenance regims, simulated traction power networks, audited telecommunications equipment, refurbished aging mechanical fleet.
Education
The University of Melbourne
BaEng (Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering)BaSc (Physics) 2007 - 2011Built astrophysics simulations, automatic handling robots for medical specimens, and published research into renewable transport alternatives for Australia.Community
I helped establish two communities in Melbourne, Australia over a 9 month period in 2013.
- "Effective Altruism Melbourne" empowers people who are passionate about making evidence driven charity decisions, with advice on how to maximize their positive impact on the world.
- "Less Wrong Melbourne" promotes habit formation, goal setting and cognitive de-biasing techniques.
Intentional Community Living
Let's Chat!
Want to optimise the world together? Get in touch!
Email me
Connect with me
Friend me
