Nick McCarty

About Me

I'm a data practitioner and consultant specializing in computer vision, remote sensing, and applied machine learning. My work focuses on turning complex business problems into practical data products and applications, with a particular emphasis on geospatial AI and interpretable vision models.

Currently, I lead Upskilled Consulting, where I work with clients on photogrammetry, 3D reconstruction, and ML/AI-driven solutions using technologies like 3D Gaussian Splatting and Meta's Segment Anything Model (SAM).

Recent Publication

SciPy 2025

Performing Object Detection on Drone Orthomosaics with Meta's Segment Anything Model (SAM)

Published in the Proceedings of the 24th Python in Science Conference. This paper presents a methodology for using Meta's Segment Anything Model to perform object detection on high-resolution drone orthomosaics, with applications in precision agriculture and geospatial analysis.

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Upcoming Speaking Engagement

Geo Week 2026

Reimagining Mapping with AI and Scalable Technologies

Date: February 17, 2026 | 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM MT
Location: Colorado Convention Center, Denver, CO

I'll be presenting on object detection using Meta's SAM on orthophotos, alongside speakers from Ohio State University, Q3D Sensing, and Conworth Inc. The session explores emerging technologies transforming geospatial data capture and visualization.

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Experience

Manager / Principal Consultant

Upskilled Consulting | March 2024 - Present

Photogrammetry and 3D reconstruction using novel scene synthesis (3D Gaussian Splatting). Training and fine-tuning models using proprietary remote sensing imagery. Published peer-reviewed research on object detection with Meta's SAM.

Senior Data Science Instructor

Flatiron School | April 2023 - September 2023

Co-designed and delivered a week-long data analytics curriculum for Transatlantic Reinsurance Company (TransRe). Achieved 100% customer satisfaction score.

Lead Data Science Instructor

Flatiron School | June 2022 - April 2023

Taught the first Deloitte AI Academy cohort in the U.S. (93.3% satisfaction score). Designed month-long curriculum on ML with AWS. Specialized in transfer learning for Computer Vision and NLP.

Product Data Scientist / Full-Stack Engineer

MOPO Life | August 2020 - June 2021

Helped a social media startup overcome the Cold Start problem. Managed capstone teams on Computer Vision and NLP projects. Built hybrid recommender system logic and contributed to production codebase.

Teaching Assistant / Tutor

UC Berkeley Extension | February 2020 - December 2020

Co-lectured on machine learning and interactive data visualizations with D3.js. Taught and tutored 100+ students in the Data Analytics and Visualization Bootcamp.

Education

Professional Certificate in Data Analytics and Visualization

UC Berkeley Extension | 2019

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (Real Estate Finance)

Portland State University | 2013 - 2015

Bachelor of Science in Community Development

Portland State University | 2013 - 2015

Get in Touch

Interested in working together? I'm available for consulting engagements, speaking opportunities, and collaboration on research projects.

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