About

Royce Leon D. is a highly skilled ML and AI leader with over 9 years of relevant experience in the industry. He is a 3x startup founder with a proven track record of success, having led 2 exits. Royce's highlights include building a mobile app with 5,000+ MAU that helps Uber, GrubHub, and DoorDash drivers make better decisions using ML. He also built a construction technology company that allows engineers with CAD files to share 3D AR experiences to clients using mobile browsers. Additionally, he developed a Google Chrome extension that keeps track of research papers and provides text autocomplete when writing research. Currently, Royce is the Technical Lead at Lean Innovation Labs LLC, where he is leading the Big Data and Machine Learning Innovations practice. He has also founded Lessly.io, a shared ecosystem for cross-platform last-mile delivery, where he integrated existing ordering channels into one platform and utilized batch delivery and a fleet of full-time couriers to improve operational efficiency, boost user experience, and improve worker wellbeing. Royce's past experience includes being a Special Topic Instructor in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Penn State University, where he created and taught a course on blockchain and software development deep dive. He also conducted research on novel methods for multimodal transport optimization. Royce holds a Bachelor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Penn State University. He is highly skilled in a variety of tech stacks, including Senior Software Engineer, ML, AI, Research Scientist, Mobile, Big Data, Blockchain, and Software Engineer.