Cori Hendon
Platform expertise

Cori Hendon

Principal ML Engineer
Team member since
2026
Platform expertise

Cori is an experienced technology leader with a background in applied AI, machine learning, optimization systems, and large-scale enterprise platform delivery. He brings a rare combination of hands-on engineering depth and strategic leadership, with expertise in Databricks, production-grade platform design, and helping organizations turn technical capabilities into scalable business solutions. He is especially focused on moving complex initiatives beyond proof of concept into durable, high-impact outcomes.  

Prior to joining Aimpoint Digital, Cori spent more than six years in consulting leadership roles, where he led architectural strategy for enterprise data and AI platforms, guided complex client engagements, pioneered development of a commercial optimization product, and built sales engineering capabilities that strengthened the connection between solution strategy and delivery execution. Earlier in his career, he worked across consulting and a Fortune 50 retail, developing machine learning and optimization solutions that helped organizations solve complex operational and business challenges.  

Cori is passionate about practical, high-impact applications of AI and ML and enjoys building systems that help teams work faster, make better decisions, and turn technical capability into meaningful results.

Location
Tennessee
FOCUS AREA
Decision Sciences
Education

BS Professional Math, MS Comp Sci, PhD Computational Physics

Fun Fact
Used AI to design and build a garden yielding hundreds of pounds of harvest the first year.