# Philippe Heitzmann

> Forward Deployed Engineer at Peregrine | ex-J.P. Morgan

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

## Work Experience
### Forward Deployed Engineer @ Peregrine
Jan 2025 – Present
Building and deploying next-generation software for law enforcement.

### AI & Computer Vision Lead @ Saferide.ai
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025
• Built & deployed object detection, segmentation and depth estimation CV models (YOLOPv2, YOLOv11, ZoeDepth Estimation) for SafeRide, a novel emergency braking road safety platform deployed in thousands of Honda SUV vehicles. 
• Achieved 96% pedestrian detection accuracy across day and night conditions on edge hardware (Qualcomm QCM6490).

### Lead Forward Deployed Engineer @ Arcules by Milestone Systems
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco, CA
[Acquired by Canon Group]
• Led forward deployed engineering for the deployment of new computer vision-enabled algorithm software at customer sites, driving $XM in net-new ARR in 12 months.

### Sr Data Scientist @ J.P. Morgan
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | New York City, New York, United States
• Led development of new churn-prediction ML models deployed across JPM’s $10B+ deposit base, contributing to an $80M reduction in customer outflows over twelve months.
• Designed and presented to senior leadership live Tableau dashboards tracking results of customer retention campaigns.
• Performed customer segmentation research to identify high-LTV cohorts and drive targeted cross-sell strategies for JPM's other loan products.

### Analyst, Credit Special Situations @ J.P. Morgan
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | New York City, New York, United States
• Created Python and Excel analytical models to evaluate credit investment opportunities in retail and energy, leading to 3 realized investments generating $XM in profit.
• Developed automated Python dashboards tracking real-time credit-spread movements, surfacing bond trade opportunities and directly informing $XXM+ in trades over 18 months.

### Private Equity Analyst @ Pine Ridge Holdings
Jan 2016 – Jan 2019
• Supported two partners financial modeling (LBO & DCF), due diligence, and underwriting for lower middle market PE opportunities with $1–$5M in EBITDA in the Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) healthcare sector.

### Analyst, Valuations & Due Diligence @ Accuracy
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017


## Education
### Master of Business Administration - MBA
Harvard Business School

### Double-major in Economics (B.S.) in International Relations (B.A.), Certificate in Data Science
Duke University

### Data Science Bootcamp
NYC Data Science Academy

### Magna cum Laude
Groton School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/philippe-heitzmann
- Portfolio: https://philippeheitzmann.com/

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Last updated: 2026-04-13