About
Emi Linds | Human-centered creative technologist | Certified Advanced Deep Learning Specialist (IBM)
I am a bridge between worlds
- Trained in both business and psychology.
- Fluent in both training machine learning models and metaphor.
- Uses data dashboards and sketchbooks that taught me how to see.
- Art was my first language, I drew systems.
- Strategy became my second, I translated what I saw into structures that move people, organizations, and meaning.
- I’ve worked with multi-billion-dollar firms and right beside a little boy spinning joy into geometry.
- I’ve built campaigns for public institutions, and written policy advocacy papers at midnight as a mother and advocate.
I bring my story into every room, because I no longer believe in fragmenting myself to be effective…
and if you’ve read this far, maybe you don’t either. 🙂
Strategic Focuses
- Brand positioning & narrative design
- Deep Learning & Machine Learning (IBM Certified)
- Messaging & thought leadership
- Creative strategy & systems thinking across digital, operational, and human layers
- End-to-end creative campaign design and execution
- Responsible AI & neurodiversity advocacy in product strategy and public discourse
I’m currently employed fulltime. While I’m not available for consulting engagements at this time, I’m always open to meaningful conversations. If something here resonates, let’s connect over coffee, curiosity, or a shared commitment to building with depth.
Technical Fluency & Certifications
AI + Machine Learning
► Certified Advanced Deep Learning Specialist (IBM)
► Applied ML with Python, Scikit-learn, Pandas, TensorFlow, and Keras
► Neural Network Architecture | Transformers | CNNs | Reinforcement Learning
► Data Vectorization | Feature Engineering | Model Evaluation
Digital Infrastructure + Design
► Interaction Design for the Web
► Web Development (SAIT) | Front-End & UX Fundamentals
► WordPress, HTML, CSS, CMS Strategy, Accessibility-First Communication
► Multimedia Creative Direction | MarTech Implementation
Data + Insight Systems
► Google Data Analytics Certified
► Data Analysis with R | SQL | Seaborn
► Empathy Mapping | Visual Storytelling | Signal Extraction in Noisy Systems
► Curriculum design for AI literacy and behavioural insights
Human-AI Integration
► Responsible AI design | Narrative systems yhinking
► Trust-building in digital ecosystems | Empathy-at-Scale
► Education planning for upskilling
► Conversational systems & empathy modeling
The Origin Story
I grew up in neighbourhoods where tension sat in the air like smog, where you learned to read a room before you choose to step into it, where de-escalation was a survival skill, and I practiced it like an art form.
Proximity to society’s most vulnerable isn’t a badge for me. It was just how life was, and somewhere in that grit, I had my Scarlett O’Hara moment, a quiet vow between exhaustion and fire:
I will never struggle like this again.
And from that moment on, I didn’t.
I aged up, moved out. I built. I hustled across disciplines, industries, systems, to master the language of data, design, and clarity.
Now, I chase two beautiful children when I’m not working at my full-time role in WealthTech, and write system-thinking pieces disguised as corporate poetry when they’re sleeping.
My motivation: Translate complexity. Protect what’s still human. Build a future worthy of our children’s children.
My Journey with Advocacy
“It Begins With a Diagnosis” My publication in the Canadian Journal of Autism Equity at McMaster University
Read it here: https://mulpress.mcmaster.ca/cjae/article/view/5985
This is the story of our family’s journey into the world of neurodiversity.
It’s a large part of why I want to help make systems more humane, and for technologies that honour humanity.
Begin the Conversation
I converse selectively with systems-thinkers, innovators, builders, and organizations committed to meaningful, human-centered impact. If you’re reaching out with a conversation that aligns with that, thank you.
Let’s begin with intention.
