# Nicholas Lorentzen

> Engineering @ Code Climate | AI Researcher

Location: New York, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/nicholaslorentzen

## Work Experience
### Full Stack Product Engineer @ Code Climate
Jan 2025 – Present | New York, NY

### Founder @ SailRank
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | New London, Connecticut, United States
- Launched project website, reaching 80,000+ views in first season
- Built Elo-based ranking and Monte-Carlo prediction algorithms for competitive sailing
- Models consistently outperformed human experts in regatta outcome prediction 
- Correctly picked all three College Sailor of the Year awards for 2024

### Summer Analyst @ Fredericks Michael & Co.
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | New York, New York, United States
- Supported screening and diligence workflows using Excel and Salesforce
- Built transaction database for events 1981--present

### Architecture Teaching Assistant @ Connecticut College
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | New London, Connecticut, United States
- Received certification from Connecticut College as a teaching assistant 
- Conducted weekly help sessions for members of the class
- Attended class meetings to further assist the professor with providing feedback

Classes: ARC241 (Fall 2021) | ARC342 (Spring 2023)

### Researcher @ Connecticut College
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | New London, Connecticut, United States
Began work on XPRace, my ongoing research project on evolutionary algorithms as part of Connecticut College's SSRI Program. Over an approximately 10-week period, I worked on this project on campus and attended weekly seminars featuring other research projects. At the culmination of the period, I presented a progressional update at a seminar of the other researchers.

### Software Engineer Intern @ Clubspot, LLC
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area
•	Expanded upon client-facing website-building tools based on client requests. 
•	Fixed various issues in the existing builder based on backlog priority.

### Asst. Head Sailing Instructor @ CHRISTMAS COVE IMPROVEMENT ASSOC
Jan 2017 – Jan 2021 | South Bristol, Maine
•	Acted as a Sailing Instructor from July to August during the summers.
•	Taught kids ranging from ages 7-16 at all skill levels
•	Developed daily lesson plans and chalk talks
•	Worked with leadership and parent committees to improve the program’s competitive level


## Education
### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science
Connecticut College
Jan 2020 – Jan 2024

### The Hotchkiss School
Jan 2016 – Jan 2020


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/nicholas-lorentzen

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Last updated: 2026-04-01