Dewayne Higgs

Leadership & Entrepreneurship

Founder & Chief Software Engineer of West Texas Decision Systems, Inc. Built a thriving consultancy delivering mobile apps, web platforms, ML-Ops pipelines and bespoke AI solutions for a diverse set of clients.

Academia & Mentorship

Former Instructor & Coordinator at Amarillo College's Code Academy. Designed curricula, mentored dozens of budding developers, and championed the bridge between academic research and real-world tech.

Technical Expertise

• Programming: Python, C#, JavaScript, TypeScript
• Data & ML: PyTorch, Anaconda, Large Language Models
• Cloud & DevOps: AWS Lambda, Docker, FastAPI, Express, GraphQL
• Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis
• Infrastructure: CI/CD pipelines, Git

Education

• Bachelors of Business Administration in Computer Information Systems (CIS) and Accounting at West Texas A&M University.
• Masters of Science in Information Systems at Dakota State University.
• In Progress - Doctor of Philosophy in Information Systems at Dakota State University.

Volunteer Work

Avid supporter and volunteer for the FIRST Robotics Competition, especially the yearly FRC Amarillo District Conference.

Serve as mentor to those who seek out guidance in programming and other I.T. fields.

Current Focus

Fine-tuning domain-specific Large Language Models for pet-care mobile apps and building Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines that keep knowledge bases up-to-date.