{"id":11,"date":"2022-07-10T08:30:05","date_gmt":"2022-07-10T08:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/whoiscris\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2025-10-30T15:16:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T15:16:27","slug":"who-is-cris","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/whoiscris\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Cris?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"381\" height=\"381\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/whoiscris\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1516779640067.jpg?resize=381%2C381&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-80\" style=\"width:92px;height:92px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/whoiscris\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1516779640067.jpg?w=381&amp;ssl=1 381w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/whoiscris\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1516779640067.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/whoiscris\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1516779640067.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 381px) 100vw, 381px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" id=\"home\" style=\"font-size:18px\">An artificial intelligence (AI) and computer vision (CV) engineer with 25 years of paid experience across a range of industries and platforms, from embedded systems to cloud<br>deployments. I have helped small startups to large multinational companies research, develop, and bring products to market and am equally comfortable in the development<br>details as I am understanding the big picture. I have worked across the spectrum from research to high volume series production projects, having held purely development positions as well as technical leadership roles. I live in Southern Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" id=\"home\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" id=\"home\" style=\"font-size:18px\">Contact me through email dev[at] cris.lovell.smith.com. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/whoiscris\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/banner2.jpg?resize=640%2C50&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/whoiscris\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/banner2.jpg?resize=1024%2C80&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/whoiscris\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/banner2.jpg?resize=300%2C24&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/whoiscris\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/banner2.jpg?resize=768%2C60&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/whoiscris\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/banner2.jpg?w=1417&amp;ssl=1 1417w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/whoiscris\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/banner2.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aboutus\">CV<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-b941026d-0267-4a8c-90e9-c3f47e75ea29\" href=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/whoiscris\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Cris_Lovell_Smith_AI_CV_Engineer_Germany.pdf\">Cris Lovell_Smith AI\/CV Engineer Germany 2025<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/whoiscris\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Cris_Lovell_Smith_AI_CV_Engineer_Germany.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-b941026d-0267-4a8c-90e9-c3f47e75ea29\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/whoiscris\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/UC_Logo_BW.jpg?resize=640%2C426&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-102\" style=\"width:105px;height:69px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/whoiscris\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/UC_Logo_BW.jpg?w=944&amp;ssl=1 944w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/whoiscris\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/UC_Logo_BW.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/whoiscris\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/UC_Logo_BW.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>I have a Masters in Engineering from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand (2010) and a Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (2004).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/whoiscris\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/banner2.jpg?resize=640%2C50&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/whoiscris\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/banner2.jpg?resize=1024%2C80&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/whoiscris\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/banner2.jpg?resize=300%2C24&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/whoiscris\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/banner2.jpg?resize=768%2C60&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/whoiscris\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/banner2.jpg?w=1417&amp;ssl=1 1417w, 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Trademarks are the property of the respective companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/whoiscris\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/banner2.jpg?resize=640%2C50&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/whoiscris\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/banner2.jpg?resize=1024%2C80&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/whoiscris\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/banner2.jpg?resize=300%2C24&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/whoiscris\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/banner2.jpg?resize=768%2C60&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/whoiscris\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/banner2.jpg?w=1417&amp;ssl=1 1417w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/whoiscris\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/banner2.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An artificial intelligence (AI) and computer vision (CV) engineer with 25 years of paid experience across a range of industries and platforms, from embedded systems to clouddeployments. 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