Joe Samuel
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Hello, I'm Joe. I democratize the complex.

I'm an architect at Ford Motor Company, where I ideate, build, and deploy AI-driven solutions that turn organizationally painful problems into tools anyone can use — from developers and testers to architects, managers, and planners. I lean into disruption, embrace the unknown, and focus on what actually moves the needle: cost, scale, simplification, and quality at volume.

Joe Samuel

Experience

2021–Present

Software Development Engineer (Security)

Ford Motor Company

Ideating, building, and deploying AI-driven tools that democratize diagnostics, security, and prognostics across the organization — from developers and testers to architects, managers, and planners. Focused on step-function improvements in quality, reliability, and robustness at scale through novel ML approaches, cost-conscious automation, and trend-driven analysis. Multiple Recognition Awards.

2019–2021

Graduate Cybersecurity & Data Science Researcher

Carleton University

Engineered novel, data-driven methods and open-source tools that democratize security analysis — making it possible for any organization to measure and manage their system's security posture during design, without specialized expertise. Multiple publications.

2019–2021

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Carleton University

Motivated and mentored 40+ students in topics such as requirements engineering, design patterns, software testing, and production-grade application development, resulting in multiple nominations for the EDC Outstanding TA Award.

2019

IoT Security Research Assistant

Carleton University

Surveyed and advised on security deficiencies associated with cloud-based IoT platforms, helping initiate a $2 million research contract with multiple industry and government partners to investigate and develop solutions and policies.

2018–2019

Principal Developer & Research Assistant

Carleton University

Initiated and oversaw the design and development of a multi-award-winning temporal annotation framework based on an Android (Java) app and a React client hosted on IBM cloud to support advanced temporal data analysis.

Awards & Recognition

2025

Ford Director Recognition Award

2025

Ford Architect Recognition Award

2025

Ford People Leader Recognition Award

2024

Ford Director Recognition Award

2023

Ford People Leader Recognition Award

2022

Ford People Leader Recognition Award

2021

First Place Winner for Data Day 7.1 (General Category)

2021

Nominated for Outstanding TA Award 2020–2021

2020

Nominated for Outstanding TA Award 2019–2020

2019

First Position for Data Day 6.0 — Lixar and Carleton University Award

2019

Lixar and Carleton University Data Day Award — Second Position

2019

Top Project Award Winner at Data Day 6.0 by Statistical Society of Canada

Education

M.A.Sc. Electrical & Computer Engineering (Data Science)

Carleton University

2019–2021

B.Eng. Software Engineering

Carleton University

2015–2019

Memberships

OSPEPEO

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