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Brendan Birch is a Senior LLM Engineer at DLA Piper, where Brendan is part of the PiperAI team focusing on AI innovation. Prior experience includes serving as a Senior Software Engineer at SIMBA Chain, where Brendan led the development of a Decentralized Identifier resolution library and contributed to various microservices using Python, FastAPI, and cloud technologies, while also mentoring junior developers. Brendan's earlier roles involved software engineering for a stealth startup, development of a blockchain application at SIMBA Chain, and teaching statistics and econometrics at UC Irvine. Educational qualifications include an MA in Political Science with an emphasis on Economics from Colorado State University, along with multiple bachelor's degrees in Mathematics, Economics, and Political Science from Fort Lewis College, and completion of PhD coursework in Economics at UC Irvine.