Itamar (Jade) Balla
Cloud & MLOps Architect
Nanotechnologist
About Me
Hey! I'm Jade (Itamar Balla). I work as a cloud architect, focusing on MLOps platforms and distributed systems. After getting my PhD in materials science, I jumped into software development and data science to improve semiconductor manufacturing. I've been designing cloud solutions and solving technical challenges by utilizing distributed systems and Kubernetes orchestration ever since.
These days, I specialize in cloud-native architectures and MLOps platforms at scale. Always excited to collaborate on interesting projects or discuss the latest in cloud tech - feel free to reach out!
Education
- Ph.D. in Materials Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
- B.Sc. Materials Engineering, cum laude, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
- B.Sc. Chemistry, cum laude, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
Skills
Languages
- Python
- Go
- SQL
- Bash
- JavaScript
- HTML
Tools & Frameworks
- Containers
- Kubernetes
- Git
- gRPC
- REST API
- OpenTelemetry
- Dask
- Django
MLOps & DevOps
- CI/CD pipelines
- Model deployment and monitoring
- Model versioning and tracking
- Pipelines for ML workflows
- Service Mesh