Functional Skills

Market Research
Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
Technology Strategy
Statistical Analysis
SQL Analysis

Software Skills

Python
AWS
Azure
Microsoft Office
R
SAS
VBA
Spark
Hadoop
Microsoft Excel

Certifications

PMI-ACPPMI Agile Certified Practitioner

Sector Experience

Financial Services
Business Services
Aerospace & Defense
Technology
Consumer Goods

Languages

English
German
Spanish
French
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Experience

 
Independent Data Science / Analytics
Chief Data Scientist and ML Engineer - Consultant
03/2014 - Present
Independent Data Scientist and ML/AI Engineer consulting with Fortune 500 companies and Government Entities on AI Strategy, Design, Application and Implementation, including major banks, consumer brands, technology firms, the US Government, etc.

· Clients include: a large tech firm (IOT security using Data Science), mid-size consultancy, two large banks, a hedge fund technology firm, and government entities (local, state, and federal agencies)

Zintro Data Science / Analytics
Data Science Consultant and Advisor
03/2017 - Present
· Serve as an independent Data Science consultant focusing on advising companies and investors on analytics software solutions, Machine Learning, and AI
· Advised clients on system requirements, business requirements, and technical considerations based on their budget, risk, strategic and technical parameters
· Compared and analyzed various competing technologies for clients along with tradeoffs
· Benchmarked various data science solutions regarding market direction and development needs

Zintro Data Science / Analytics
Data Science Advisor
07/2016 - Present
· Provide advice on Data research, Machine Learning, and AI techniques
· Provide testimonials regarding the implications of their technology to the marketplace
· Write questions and answers for AMAs, PR, and Marketing materials
· Brought on as an expert advisor to best utilize and implement ML and AI; Boltt has been featured as one of the best startups in 2016 by CNBC and has made Forbes, Sports Illustrated, Tech Crunch, CES, and the Founder was interviewed by Maggie Lake of CNN

Epsilon Data Science / Analytics
Director of Technology - Data Science
09/2016 - 11/2017
· Manage projects and an international software development team (10+) and international contractors (10+) for Data Science, Machine Learning, and AI tasks for implementation at scale for clients
· Invent and deploy novel and cutting edge (from new academic literature) Machine Learning and AI algorithms for clustering (K-Medoids in fastest theoretical time), data mining, customer value and segmentation, GLMs, GAMs, and Recommendation Engines on high-dimensional, big data

HP Data Science / Analytics
Data Science Consultant
07/2015 - 08/2016
· Developed, tested, and improved advanced machine learning and AI models in SAS/R/Vertica/Python (Neural Networks, Decision Trees, Logistic Regression, SVM, MARS, and Random Forests) to combat and identify grey-marketing within a high-dimensional, multi-collinear, big data (3.8 Billion Rows) cloud architecture and international team
· The monetary impact from the fraud and grey-marketing analysis was a net improvement of $230 million saved (an almost 4-fold improvement)

IBM Management Consulting
Advanced Analytics and Opimization Consultant
05/2012 - 03/2014
· Trained and managed new consultants in how to build, develop, and quality check advanced Excel, SAS, and SQL models, machine learning, and data mining methodologies on large and cloud systems (AWS and Hadoop)
· Provided management for promotions by producing documentation required to ensure the program complied with requirements and achieved the desired results
· Managed customer earned postage credits by preparing customer reports to communicate final status in the program.

Carnegie Mellon Chemistry Department Research
Student Researcher
10/2010 - 01/2011
· Programmed quantum mechanical models on glutamate ion channel binding mechanisms
· Tested model prediction for binding, solvation, and free energies as predicted by thermodynamics and quantum mechanical molecular mechanics compared to experimental data
· Contributing Author of the paper "Molecular Mechanisms of Ca2+ Selectivity and Mg2+ Block of NMDA Receptors." Biophysical Journal 100.1 (2011): 269a.

Battelle Memorial Institute Research
Research
12/2008 - 01/2011
· Analyzed and handled research grade solutions of chemical warfare agents via GC/MS
· Built, tested, and operated pressurized cells containing swatches of chemical warfare suit material to simulate various battlefield conditions
· Prepared, maintained, and manipulated sorbent air sampling tubes and MINICAMS equipment for Near-Real Time monitoring for nerve and vesicant chemical agents
· Analyzed, researched, and executed laboratory and quality assurance programs with success