Shelby Heinecke, Ph.D.
AI leader driving clarity, vision, and strategy in uncharted frontiers. 

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I'm currently a Senior AI Research Manager at Salesforce, leading and managing a team of AI researchers and engineers. We innovate at the frontiers of AI for product and research, focusing on AI Agents, On-Device AI, Efficient AI, Small Language Models, LLMs, and beyond

Previously, I spent time in research and engineering at Intel, IBM Research, MITRE, and the Department of Defense. I hold a PhD in Mathematics, specializing in machine learning theory, from University of Illinois at Chicago. I also hold an MS in Mathematics from Northwestern, and BS in Mathematics from MIT.

I love laughing, CrossFit, hiking, reading, public speaking, teaching, mentoring, Civ 6, my cat, MIT, and my family.