Dr. Nashlie Sephus, founder of The Bean Path in Jackson, writes about the future of technology, innovation and economic growth in Mississippi.
Dr. Nashlie Sephus
Dr. Nashlie H. Sephus is the Principal Applied Scientist For Amazon Artificial Intelligence (AI) focusing on fairness and identifying biases in these technologies. She formerly led the Amazon Visual Search team in Atlanta, which launched visual search for replacement parts on the Amazon Shopping app in June 2018. This technology was a result of former startup Partpic (Atlanta) being acquired by Amazon, for which she was the Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Additionally, Dr. Sephus is the developer of The Bean Path Tech District and founder of The Bean Path, a non-profit organization based in Jackson, MS dedicated to creating equity in STEAM opportunities by increasing access to tools, knowledge and networks to underserved communities, particularly in Mississippi.
