Hayden Phillips
AI Data Scientist @ Caterpillar, Co-Founder @ OFFBEND.
I'm a builder. That's not just what I do, it's who I am. I thrive in high-agency environments where I'm empowered to approach novel problems with creative solutions and experiment with new technologies. Working on something interesting? Let's get in touch!
Selected work
- 99%Agents for earnings season99% of document errors caughtAn internal agent platform for Caterpillar's core Finance and Investor Relations teams. It checks documents against their sources, drafts, and handles the tick-and-tie work that used to eat the days before an earnings release.
- 80%+Tariff classification at scale7% → 80%+ accuracyA hybrid legal-and-engineering approach to tariff classification: a fine-tuned ModernBERT classifier for the cases that have precedent, and an agentic verifier for the ones that don't.
OppieGoverned agent platformOFFBEND's company agent layer. It started as a Slack accountability bot for five co-founders and grew into a governed agent platform: intent routing, risk-tiered policy, approval gates, typed memory, and multiplayer code sessions in isolated sandboxes.
SidesAI audition coachAn AI acting coach. Actors upload a self-tape and get a specific, casting-minded read on what's working, what needs one more pass, and what might distract casting.
SceneiOS, in betaA native iOS journal for films and television. Log what you watch, rate films and episodes, build lists, and find your next watch with recommendations and an assistant that knows your taste.
TyriadFMCW LiDAR and perception, 2021A startup building full-stack FMCW LiDAR and perception for vehicle autonomy, with the goal of making top-tier safety cheap enough for everyone.
Experience
- CaterpillarAI Data Scientist2026 – Present
- CaterpillarFinance Data Platform Engineer2024 – 2026
- OFFBENDCo-Founder2024 – Present
- RaytheonProgram Financial Analyst2023 – 2024
- TyriadCo-Founder and CEO2021 – 2023
- HNLCFounding Engineer2020 – 2024