Sheamus Mcgovern
Partner and Head of AI at Cortical Ventures
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Overview
Work Experience
Founder and CEO
2015 - Current
Thrilled to announce ODSC East 2025! Every year, ODSC embodies the passion, innovation, and drive of the AI community, and this year marks our 10th anniversary as the premier conference for AI and data science practitioners. We’re raising the bar to deliver our most dynamic event yet. From deep-dive training sessions and immersive workshops to enlightening keynotes, we’re pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in the ever-evolving world of AI and data science. This year, we’re excited to bring you: - 150+ World-Class Speakers: Learn directly from industry leaders and trailblazing researchers. - 300+ Hours of Content: Dive into hands-on workshops and expert-led sessions on Classical Machine Learning, Data Science, Agenti AI Generative AI, NLP, LLMOps, AI Engineering, and more. - For our 10th in-person ODSC East, we're moving to the the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in the vibrant Seaport District. Whether you’re just starting your AI journey or advancing your expertise, ODSC East 2025 offers something for everyone. It’s more than a conference—it’s an opportunity to connect, innovate, and shape the future of AI. Join us May 13-15, 2025, to discover what’s next in AI and data science. I can’t wait to see the breakthroughs we’ll achieve together!
ODSC is essential for anyone who wants to connect to the data science community and contribute to the open source applications.
Venture Partner and Head of AI
2021
Cortical Ventures an early stage AI-focused venture fund with over 15 startups funded to date. Cortical invests in the companies leading the AI revolution with a fcous on - Data and AI infrastructure - LLMs, Generative AI, Agents, multimodal, and infrastructure - Data Engineering tools, infra, and frameworks. - Machine Learning/AI Safety, Responsible AI, & Differential Privacy. Current investments: Weaviate, NeoCybernetica, hos, immerok, dataroomhq, AICrete, Features and Labels, Integration.app, Rupert, Stealth in Generative AI, Stealth in AI Robotics
Cortical Ventures is a venture capital investment firm that focuses on investing in AI companies.
Founder, AI+ Training
2020
Ai+ Training is a leading platform offering comprehensive live and on-demand training across a broad spectrum of AI and data science topics. Our curriculum encompasses Generative AI, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Data Engineering, Data Science, NLP, Responsible AI, and Data Analytics. Ai+ Training strives to unlock learners' potential with courses led by some of the top experts in the AI industry, utilizing the latest languages, tools, and frameworks. In affiliation with ODSC, AI+ provides certifications and mini-bootcamps to help learners advance their skills from beginner to expert levels in the AI and data science fields
Chief Software Architect
2014 - 2020
Acquired by Education Elements
Tripod is a provider of classroom-level student survey assessments for K-12 education.
Founder & Chief Software Architect
2012 - 2020
Startup Code Works was founded by highly experienced engineers from the startup community. We are a team of expert designers and developers that specialize in both data and application development that incorporates data science and ML. We pride ourselves in building beautifully designed web and mobile apps. We do full life-cycle development that includes everything from discovery and requirement analysis to wire framing and model development, to full-scale development.
Chief Technology Officer
2011 - 2014
Capital Market Exchange partners with leading institutional fixed income investment teams to collect, analyze and report on key factors driving current investment grade credit risk.
Predictive analytics platform for institutional bond and CDS inve
Manager, Trading Applications Development
2010 - 2011
Investment manager that provides global and international equity investment strategies and fund products to institutional investors including a range of global equity investment strategies managed as long-only, alpha extension and long/short utilizing a broad range of instruments, including swaps and futures. Investment process utilizes quantitative methods that focus on identifying and incorporating investment signals into proprietary return, risk and transaction cost models.
Director of Trading Technology
2004 - 2010
Quantitative asset management firm offering a variety of hedge fund strategies with over $110B in AUM. Expertise in applying mathematical models to generate superior returns and reduce risk. Roles held include, Director of Trading Technology and Director of Technology. Responsibilities included leading teams of developers, building in-house trading platforms and hedge fund strategy infrastructure.
Geode Capital Management is an investment management company providing systematic investment solutions.
Raised $3,699,092.00.
Head of Operations and Technology
2007 - 2009
UK division of quantitative asset management firm offering a variety of hedge fund strategies with expertise in applying mathematical models to generate superior returns and reduce risk.
Software Development Consultant
1998 - 2004
Fidelity Investments is one of the largest mutual fund companies in the U.S. with $2.035 trillion in assets under management. Roles held include software design and development of Fidelity's equity and FX trading platform, bond trading platform, risk and compliance platforms, brokerage communication and fund accounting systems
Fidelity is a privately-owned investment manager focusing on a diverse set of customers.
Raised $152,825,000.00.