Hey, I'm Jackson Ballow

Full Stack Developer & MLE

Co-Founder & COO at Desync AI | MS in CS from Purdue, BS in CS from Notre Dame

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About Me

Currently Co-Founder & COO at Desync AI, where we build AI-powered data infrastructure. Originally a web scraping and structuring platform, we now focus on the Catholic Data Layer, aggregating institutional Catholic data into searchable, queryable datasets.

With 5+ years coding experience, I've built 20+ websites, Chrome extensions, and Google Sheets add-ons. I specialize in crawling millions of web pages, structuring the data into queryable datasets, and delivering it via MCP servers that plug directly into AI agents and chat interfaces.

Experience

Co‑Founder & COOJun 2024 – Present

Coding Team LeadMay 2024 – Jul 2025

Ernst & Young (EY)

Tech Consultant InternSummer 2023

Polaris Career Consulting

Founder & CEOFeb 2023 – Aug 2024

Education

Purdue University

MS in Computer ScienceAug 2024 – Dec 2025

University of Notre Dame

BS in Computer ScienceAug 2020 – May 2024

5+

Years Coding

20+

Websites Built

30+

Projects Completed

Featured Projects

My Best Work

Desync AI

Previously an AI-powered web scraping API and Excel assistant for structured data extraction. Now the Catholic Data Layer, aggregating institutional Catholic data into queryable datasets.

Competitor product analysis

Find YC companies hiring engineers

Python JavaScript (React, Node) PostgreSQL NoSQL Docker AWS AI/ML

13,400+

Parishes Indexed

144,700+

Clergy & Staff Records

110,900+

ND Alumni Records

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Other Projects

DM² Lab Data Augmentation

Graph Data Augmentation

NSF-funded research on graph data augmentation methods for improved ML performance.

Python PyTorch Graph ML Research

Desync.ai Tools

Desync.ai Tools

Open-source Python library for querying Desync's Catholic datasets — parishes, schools, clergy, alumni, and more.

Python PyPI Data API

Polaris Career Consulting

Polaris Career Consulting

Full-stack platform connecting students with startup projects, generating $40k in committed revenue.

React Node.js MongoDB

Flask App React App

Sound Classification

Sound Classification

Deep learning model using CNNs and RNNs to classify environmental sounds with 98%+ accuracy.

Python PyTorch Audio ML

Technical Skills

Languages

JavaScript

JavaScript

C

C++

C++

Python

Python

HTML

HTML

CSS

CSS

Frontend

React

React

TypeScript

TypeScript

Next.js

Next.js

Tailwind CSS

Bootstrap

Bootstrap

Backend

Node.js

Node.js

Express

Express

FastAPI

FastAPI

Django

Django

Flask

Flask

Database & Cloud

Arch Linux

Arch Linux

PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

MongoDB

AWS

Docker

Docker

DigitalOcean

DigitalOcean

Linux

Linux

Koyeb

MySQL

MySQL

AI & Tools

TensorFlow

TensorFlow

PyTorch

PyTorch

Cerebras

Groq

Groq

Lambda Labs

Git

Git

MCP

MCP

Hugging Face

Interests & Hobbies

Basketball

Playing pickup games at the gym

ND Football

Go Irish! Following ND every season

NO Saints

Who Dat! Cheering for the Saints on Sunday

Fishing

Relaxing by the water and catching fish

Golf

Hitting the range and playing local courses

Backpacking

Trails and backcountry camping

Rock Climbing

Bouldering and top rope

Boxing

Training for fitness and learning self-defense

Scuba Diving

Exploring underwater worlds and marine life

Archery

Practicing precision and focus at the range

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