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Noah Vandal

Noah Vandal

Co-founder & CEO at SpeechSage; ML and biomedical engineer

noahvandal
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Joined February 2026
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Summary

Founder building empathetic, HIPAA-conscious AI for healthcare communications — Noah transitioned from academic ML and biomedical research into entrepreneurship, co-founding SpeechSage to automate reception and triage for primary care practices while emphasizing security and HIPAA compliance. speechsage+1
Practical machine-learning engineer with an emphasis on efficient, deployable systems — his writings and tutorials focus on applied ML (edge inference on Raspberry Pi, model performance comparisons) and on creating systems that run in constrained environments. medium+1
Biomedical engineering researcher who applies ML to biomedical instrumentation — as a student researcher at NDSU he contributed to work on machine learning approaches for flow cytometry and presented at conference poster sessions. google+1
Engaged student and community volunteer — participated in hands-on engineering outreach and accessibility efforts (e.g., adapting toys for children with disabilities) and has maintained public-facing technical writing and educational content. valleynewslive+1

Work

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Writing

Crusty Rusty and the search for the fastest ML compute (Python vs Rust in Neural Networks)

November 1, 2023

Explores implementing MNIST neural network models in Rust and Python to compare performance, implementation differences, and training/evaluation workflows.

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Using a Raspberry Pi 3 as an Edge Device

September 1, 2023

Technical tutorial describing how to run object detection on a Raspberry Pi 3 using TensorFlow Lite, process detections, and push results to a remote (Firestore) database.

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What I learned from a year working with ML

August 1, 2022

Personal essay reflecting on lessons from early machine learning work, including learning strategies, practical implementation advice, and the importance of documentation.

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Various Medium posts on ML and edge/device deployment

Additional technical and reflective pieces on ML practice, edge deployment, and performance considerations.

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Hobbies

Explores and writes about neurons and neuroscience through a personal site. iloveneurons