Turn your data into gold.
Industry-leading data scientists, AI engineers, and researchers, forward-deployed into your team.
Transmute Data is an AI research and engineering lab that works inside your team: senior consultants in your repositories, your environments, and your stand-ups, by the hour or under a scoped statement of work. They hand over a working system your team builds upon.
We hold no HIPAA attestation of our own — we work inside your governed environment, under your BAA.
What a former client says
“We pointed Transmute Data at some of our hardest problems, and they consistently strategized, self-directed, engaged stakeholders, and executed complex software deliverables at scale.
“Their sense for producing true business value with elegant, reusable architectural designs was top-notch. Early on, we put them in charge of building our observability and monitoring layer to address one of our core problems: SLA enforcement. The work their “full stack data scientists” delivered was excellent! … They consistently identified opportunities and solutions we hadn't considered. …
“They let us focus on our core business while delivering provable short-term wins that justified continued investment in their work. Professional, communicative, strategic, and quick to execute. Would highly recommend!”
Former Transmute Data client; used with written permission. Verbatim, with cuts marked “…”.
What our consultants have built
Research and engineering from the same people
The consultants who hold the research record also write the code. Each item below is one person's own work, cited to their profile.
GPU infrastructure
Observability for GPU infrastructure, built end to end
- Finance-grade Go and Rust systems on multi-region AWS, with security built into the architectureC-06
- Scala/Spark pipelines converting 100 billion data points a day into modeling assetsC-01
- An observability platform for a GPU cloud provider: scheduler, GPU, and node telemetry, out-of-band management, network fabric, storage, tracing, and logs in one multi-tenant systemC-02
Healthcare data
Analytics built inside health systems
- Established the Predictive Analytics, ML, and App Development team at Texas Children's HospitalC-10
- Certified on the dominant electronic health record platform, implementing at multi-hospital, academic, and for-profit health systemsC-10
- A Protected Health Information platform integrating post-quantum cryptography, quantum key distribution, and homomorphic encryptionC-03
Research and deep tech
Research depth from the consultants who deliver
- Quantum-classical hybrid machine learning for oncology diagnosticsC-03
- Quantum strategy for drug discovery, and technical due diligence on early-stage quantum companies for VC investment decisionsC-03
- A Stanford PhD and an NSF postdoctoral fellowship researching the evolution of gene expressionC-12
Each item is one of our consultants' own work, in the roles and at the employers where they did it. Employers named are where our consultants worked, not clients. More sectors · Meet the consultants · Security and data handling
On working with Shaun
What people who've worked with Shaun say
“Shaun is truly a full-stack data science engineer. He is incredibly hard-working, creative, energetic, tenacious, and fun to work with. He can learn rapidly on the job, and doesn't give up until he succeeds in creating his intended value for customers. I can't recommend him highly enough.”
Jim KlecknerFounder at Cloud Physics “Shaun led a small, highly capable data science team - he was an effective leader, skillfully balancing research-driven innovation with short-term deliverables to meet critical company milestones. Working with Shaun has been a great experience, and I have no doubt he would be a valuable asset to any business.”
Carl WaldspurgerData Science Consultant “During discussions with the Microsoft acquisition team, I recall hearing their surprise at the amount of high value data science output produced at CloudKnox. I highly recommend Shaun to lead data science efforts, for startups and enterprise alike.”
Balaji ParimiFounder at CloudKnox Security “What sets Shaun apart is not just his technical expertise but how generous he is with his time. … He taught me to think beyond the model—emphasizing usability, business impact, and long-term scalability. … I would highly recommend him to anyone looking for a mentor who not only builds great data science products but also develops great data science professionals.”
Avik SethiaData Scientist at Microsoft
People who worked with Shaun at earlier companies. Their companies are not Transmute Data clients.
How an engagement starts
From one problem to a team on your work
We don't publish rates; we quote each engagement once it's scoped. If the data will not carry it, we say so early and in writing.
Get in touch
Name the problem by email. Shaun typically replies within two working days, with the consultants in the practice who have already solved that shape of problem before. Ready to talk now? Schedule a 30-minute call.
Scope it together
A call with Shaun, then with the person who fits and whoever else needs to be in the room. Names are shared on the call.
Hourly or a scoped outcome
Senior consultants in your team by the week or month, full- or part-time, extended in place. Or a statement of work: a working outcome you can check, within a defined window.
Tell us the problem you're working on.
Shaun typically replies within two working days, with who in the practice has solved that shape of problem before.