# Leigh Anne M. > X (Google) | Machine Learning Engineer | CalTech & Stanford Location: Palo Alto, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/leighannem Leigh Anne Miller is an AI/ML engineer specializing in multi-agent systems and 0 to 1 builds with expertise in decision support tools for financial services (PE, banking) and governments. Leigh Anne is a project engineer at X, a division of Google (Alphabet), on a project called Pythia: an economic decision support tool for capital market investors, to increase the resilience of their real assets via nature positive interventions (mitigations), producing higher asset exit values and stronger local ecosystems. Leigh Anne has worked as a technical lead in Fortune 50 companies (Apple, Google, HP) as well as for a variety of governments (India, USA), including in post-conflict environments (Afghanistan, Haiti). She holds degrees from Tufts University and Stanford University, with certificates from the California Institute of Technology. She volunteers time and expertise in various passion projects, serving as an advisor to the International Security and Foreign Policy Program at the Smith Richardson Foundation and as a Senior Fellow at the Institute for State Effectiveness. She built and ran a school in a poor community in India over the course of three years (2005-8), that is still going strong (2026). Her work with Pythia includes fostering protection for indigenous knowledge and indigenous data sovereignty. ## Work Experience ### AI / ML Solution Architect and Sales Engineering @ Ripley Decision Advantage Jan 2023 – Present | Palo Alto, California, United States Current Engagement: Stealth at Google X (Alphabet) Spinf AI (San Francisco, CA) – AI Solution Architect / Sales Engineer / Advisor to the CEO - Architect, built, and drove sales for tools focused on a new insurance vertical, one of the industries most impacted by climate change - Identified and targeted specific companies and industries for product fit, led technical discovery and demos to enterprise clients, and coordinated all client onboarding and product integration - Researched and designed new features and browser-based AI agents with scalable architectures; built the new stand-alone real-time contract redlining tool for insurance brokers BootstrapLabs (San Francisco, CA) – Sales Engineering / Product Engineering / Venture Enabler - Business and technical lead on developing their concept-stage enterprise products designed to provide AI decision support and reputation metrics for application in public and private sectors. - Conducted pre-sales engineering for two pilots: pitched two AI startups to potential clients and investors - Directed end-to-end product development from concept to prototype to pilot ### Senior Fellow @ Institute for State Effectiveness Jan 2014 – Present | Washington DC-Baltimore Area ### Director, Data Strategy & Execution @ Gracenote Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | Emeryville, California, United States - Created and executed the data strategy for the world’s largest video data platform for this $300M global music, video, and sports metadata provider - Designed the unified data platform to enable ML/AI tools and improve data quality and workflows, taking over and completing a project that had been stalled for 5 years - Utilizing an AWS infrastructure, led the data strategy, model/schema, and ML frameworks to automate and refine data processes - Founded and led Women in Gracenote (WinG) to increase women and diversity in technical leadership ### Senior Product Manager, Data Strategy/ Data Transformation @ HP Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Palo Alto, California, United States Created and led major enterprise data programs' data strategy, roadmap, development, and delivery. Managed all program details and selection/leadership of teams up to 15. Programs include: Data Strategy & Transformation: - Directed the launch and execution of a new enterprise data strategy program to generate $15B in new revenue and cost savings by 2030. - Oversaw management of change milestones, risk management, and introduction of two new workstreams: API management and data linking models - Crafted 10+ data architecture redesign plans to resolve HP’s legacy technical debts AMPLIFY Channel Partners Data Exchange: - Led the team that created the first data strategy for HP’s $40B channel partner program, including API-based data exchange capability, data governance, and a portfolio of new data capabilities Global Systems Integrators Program: - Introduced the new go-to-market motions, deal structures, and sales engagement tools that increased deal flow velocity by 30% for this $1B HP program ### Principal, Corporate Strategy and Product Design @ Miller Strategic Design Jan 2013 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area Roles included Head of Product and Director, (Engineering) Product Manager in contract roles in various Silicon Valley start ups including CoLoadX (SaaS, Logistics), EdCast (SaaS, L&D), and SimpleFI (Fintech) ### Product Design and Product Marketing Manager @ edshelf Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | Palo Alto • Led game design product development and executed cross-channel content marketing deliverables • Results included reaching 80% of the IT departments of K-12 school districts in the US in 2013 ### Special Projects @ Smith Richardson Foundation Jan 1999 – Jan 2012 | Westport, CT • Led the security studies portfolio expansion, including conducting longitudinal assessments of the availability/quality of human capital for the U.S. foreign policy and international security communities • Launched new grantmaking portfolios focused on Latin America, military net assessments, and public diplomacy • After 2002, conducted special projects on development of the next generation of U.S. international security specialists ### Founder and Managing Director @ Rainbow Primary School Jan 2005 – Jan 2008 | Hyderabad, India More: www.facebook.com/rainbowprimaryschool • Established and directed a government school in an urban slum which continues to serve ~230 students every day • Awarded the government of India’s “best school” in the city for ten years: 2007-2017 ### Crew Coach @ US Coast Guard Academy Jan 1997 – Jan 1998 | New London, Connecticut Novice Women 8s ## Education ### AI/ML Bootcamp - Statistics in Data Science, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Python Programming, Computer Science Caltech ### Certificate in Graduate School of Business Stanford University Graduate School of Business ### Master of Education in Technology, Entrepreneurship, Design (Mobile) Stanford University ### Institute of Design (d.School) in Boot Camp Stanford University ### Master in Public Administration (Public Health, Finance and Ethics) University of Connecticut ### Bachelor of Arts in Political Science Tufts University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/leighannemillerengineering - Portfolio: https://www.ripleydecisionadvantage.net --- Source: https://flows.cv/leighannem JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/leighannem/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13