Cole is currently a lead Data Science Instructor at NYC Data Science Academy. Previously, Cole was Chief Scientist at an AI-generated Music company called Amper Music. Amper Music was invested in by Two Sigma and later got acquired by Shutterstock. Cole became Director of Data Science, and AI at Shutterstock and then BlueCore(a pre-IPO firm). He received his B.S./ M.S./Ph.D. in Music.