David vonThenen

David vonThenen

NetApp
David is a Senior AI/ML Engineer within the Office of the CTO at NetApp, where he’s dedicated to empowering developers to build, scale, and deploy AI/ML solutions in production environments. He brings deep expertise in building and training models for applications such as NLP, vision, real-time analytics, and even classifying debilitating diseases. His mission is to help users build, train, and deploy AI models efficiently, making advanced machine learning accessible to users of all levels.Before NetApp, he was heavily involved in the AI/ML community, specifically in conversational AI solutions and driving AI platform growth in a DevRel and pre-sales role. David frequently shares his insights at industry conferences and events, offering hands-on guidance for implementing AI/ML in cloud environments. David's prior experience includes contributing to the Kubernetes and CNCF ecosystems, working hands-on with VMware virtualization, implementing backup/recovery solutions, and developing hardware storage adapter firmware and drivers.
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David vonThenen
David vonThenen
NetApp

Less Compute, More Impact: How Model Quantization Fuels the Next Wave of Agentic AI

This session covers model quantization as a key technique for creating efficient, affordable AI models—especially Small Language Models and agentic AI. Attendees will learn practical quantization meth...
Data & AI Data & AI Conference 40 min. INTERMEDIATE
David vonThenen
David vonThenen
NetApp

The Sound of Your Secrets: Teaching A Model to Spy, So You Can Learn to Defend

This session demonstrates how AI models can reconstruct typed text from keyboard sounds using deep learning and open-source tools. It explores attack effectiveness, explains contributing factors, and...
Security Security Conference 40 min. INTERMEDIATE