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Brendan M. McKenna

Brendan M. McKenna

ML-focused solutions leader in GTM & field engineering

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Austin, Texas, United States
Joined August 2025
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Summary

Brendan bridges technical ML engineering and go‑to‑market: he was a founding ML Field Engineer at Continual (built workshop assets, operationalized models into Snowflake-connected demos) and later moved into Head of GTM before joining Snowflake as a Major Account Executive — indicating he combines hands‑on ML delivery with commercial GTM execution. continual+2
Hands-on practitioner who publishes workshop and demo code: multiple public GitHub repos (TMLS workshop, Continual+SageMaker examples, churn dashboard) show he builds reproducible training/workshop artifacts, demo apps, and integrations between ML platforms and data warehouses. github+2
Startup-founder and consultant background: co‑founder / head of business at Bots Alive and principal consultant work indicate experience launching product efforts, running early-stage business development, and advising B2B data/AI teams. makerfaire+1
Team and performance orientation from athletics: collegiate football participation (Endicott College) suggests early experience with team leadership and competitive environments that complement his technical and GTM roles. ecgulls

Work

Education

Projects

Writing

Customer Churn Dashboard (README / tutorial)

Step-by-step tutorial describing how to build a churn insights dashboard using Continual predictions, Streamlit front-end, and Snowflake as the data platform; intended to make operational ML outputs accessible to GTM stakeholders.

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TMLS Operational AI Workshop README

Detailed workshop documentation and instructions for conducting an operational AI workshop using Continual and Snowflake (includes setup, data, and training steps).

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Hobbies

Collegiate football / athletics (played football at Endicott College) ecgulls

Robotics / maker projects (Bots Alive contributions; Maker Faire participation) makerfaire

Open-source code / demo projects (maintains GitHub repos demonstrating ML workshops, demos, and integrations) github