Data scientist & software engineer, specializing in ML and AI.

Jonathan Farrell Kusuma

/ Profile

I’m Jonathan Farrell Kusuma. Most people call me Joe. I build data systems and the software around them. Most days that means pipelines: pulling messy operational data together, cleaning it up, and turning it into something people can actually query and trust.

I’ve done this in property management at BBT Asset Management, in entertainment at SAG-AFTRA, in research at USC, and at a few startups in between. I like work that ends up in production, not in a slide deck.

/ Experience

Nov 2025 — Present

Data & Administrative Manager

BBT Asset Management

  • Own the firm’s data pipelines end to end: automated collection, cleaning, and validation across MRI and AppFolio
  • Build SQL datasets and scheduled Python/BI reporting for leadership
  • Write the data-governance SOPs the team runs on
#01
Sep 2025 — Nov 2025

Data Operations Specialist

SAG-AFTRA

  • Automated Oracle E-Business Suite entry with AutoHotkey and OCR, cutting residual processing time 50%
  • Added duplicate detection and rules-based validation on SAG IDs
#02
Mar 2025 — Sep 2025

Machine Learning Engineer

USC Viterbi School of Engineering

  • Built an EfficientNet-B3 vision pipeline for real-time 3D-print failure detection
  • 0.82 macro-F1 across four defect classes at 4× faster inference
  • Shipped a dashboard that auto-halted faulty prints
#03
Jul 2024 — Mar 2025

Data Analytics & Strategy Lead

Teratai Group

  • Built the data backbone for 30+ properties on PostgreSQL
  • Pricing models and customer segmentation that lifted marketing ROI
#04
Nov 2023 — Feb 2024

Software Developer

Ayola.co

  • Real-time scheduling dashboard
  • Node.js REST API serving 1,000+ daily users
#05
May 2021 — Nov 2021

AI & Data Researcher

HathiTrust Research Center

  • NLP pipelines with NLTK, spaCy, and BERT
  • Analyzed 50,000+ historical documents for 210+ research libraries
#06
May 2020 — Aug 2020

Software Developer Intern

Gratia Husada Farma

  • Rebuilt the company site on React/Next.js
  • Automated pharmaceutical data extraction
#07
Jun 2019 — Aug 2019

Software Developer Intern

Biznet Networks

  • Python/SQL ETL pipelines processing 1TB of network data daily
#08

/ Leadership

Aug 2022 — Dec 2024

Lab Manager

USC 3D4E

  • Built a TensorFlow vision system to catch 3D-print failures
  • Trained and mentored a 15-person lab team
#01
Jan 2023 — May 2024

Vice President

Graduates Rising in Data Science (GRIDS)

  • Led ML workshops for 100+ members
  • Ran sponsored hackathons with 15+ teams
#02

/ Education

Jan 2023 — Dec 2024

MS, Applied Data Science

University of Southern California

  • Machine learning, database systems, optimization
  • Data mining, search engines
#01
Aug 2020 — May 2022

BS, Information Sciences

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  • Dean’s List
  • Data management, ML, visualization, HCI
#02

/ Links

/ Capabilities

Languages

PythonSQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL)JavaJavaScriptR

Data Engineering

AirflowSparkHadoopSnowflakeETL/ELTMongoDB

Machine Learning

TensorFlowPyTorchscikit-learnspaCyFAISSLangChain

Cloud & Infrastructure

AWSGCPAzureDockerKubernetesJenkinsGit

Software & Product

AstroReactNext.jsNode.jsFlaskStreamlitPower BI