Christopher Hunt

AI infrastructure consultant and creative technologist with over a decade of experience in design, media production, and engineering. Founder of PuttyAI, delivering GPU cluster deployment, secure workflows, and generative AI model training for clients in media, technology, and research. Skilled at bridging technical systems with creative production, building scalable AI pipelines, and leading cross-disciplinary projects from concept through execution.

• Customer Relations: communicate with clients on project needs, product onboarding, and communicating technical tradeoffs to technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Model Finetuning & Customization: foundation model customization for visual media — Stable Diffusion, LoRA finetuning, custom data pipelines for dataset formation, labeling and training
• Serving & Inference Optimization: model hosting and deployment, latency profiling.
• ML Tooling & Workflows: ComfyUI, Ollama, Kohya, Diffusion Pipe, AI Toolkit, custom ComfyUI node and workflow development
• Software & Integrations: Python (primary), TypeScript for prototyping, API integrations and automation for demos and prototypes
• Infrastructure & Deployment: cloud and on‑prem GPU compute (GCP, AWS S3, RunPod), docker container orchestration, reverse proxy and mesh VPN setup for distributed teams
• Systems & Security: GPU server setup, Linux administration, access control and security best practices for production ML systems
• Media Processing: FFmpeg/FFprobe and pipelines for image/video preprocessing and dataset preparation

Founder & Director

PuttyAI | 2022 – Current | putty-ai.com

• Consult clients on AI/ML infrastructure, including GPU server setup, mesh networking, and reverse proxy deployment for secure multi-user workflows.
• Designed and implemented AI production pipelines with ComfyUI, tailored to creative and technical client needs.
• Delivered LoRA training pipelines and dataset automation
• Provided ongoing workflow optimization, technical support, and strategic guidance for AI adoption across creative and enterprise contexts.
• Past clients include: Media Monks, HOME0001, Jon Raffman, Chicago Public Schools, School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Electrical Engineering / Computer Science Instructor

Linn Benton Community College | Albany, OR | 2022 – 2024

• Developed and delivered curriculum for EE and CS courses, aligning with academic and industry standards.
• Created hands-on labs and projects incorporating emerging technologies and AI workflows.

Colorist

Winsor-Fireform | Tumwater, WA | 2015 – 2018

• Created color palettes and optimized pigment matching for large-scale signage projects.
• Collaborated with design and production teams to troubleshoot and deliver precise results.

• Masters of Data Science, University of Texas – Austin | In Progress (Expected 2026)
• BA in Visual Critical Studies & BFA in Digital Media, SAIC – Chicago | 2013