Casey Bates Email & Phone Number

Boulder, Colorado, United States

Founder at Thinkfox | AI Solutions for Small Business & Education | Boulder-based AI consultancy focused on empowering small businesses and educatorsAboutExperienced technology leader specializing in AI implementation, educational content development, and business consulting. Founder of Thinkfox, where I help small businesses and educators harness the power of AI through practical, value-driven solutions. Principal AI Builder at Cake Studio AI, collaborating on innovative AI implementations.With over a decade of consulting experience and a strong background in data science and education, I bridge the gap between complex AI technologies and practical business applications. My approach combines technical expertise with a deep understanding of client needs to deliver solutions that drive real results.Services and Expertise- AI Productivity Consulting- Custom AI Application Prototypes- AI-Assisted Research & Content Solutions- Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)- Educational Content Development- Business Strategy- Technical Training & Coaching- Curriculum Development- Instructional DesignApproachI specialize in helping organizations find practical value in AI while respecting their unique needs and concerns. Whether you're AI-skeptical or AI-enthusiastic, I focus on building solutions that align with your business goals and values. My experience spans both technical implementation and strategic guidance, allowing me to help clients navigate the rapidly evolving AI landscape while maintaining their competitive edge.

Boulder, Colorado, United States

Director of course development and head of AI strategy for education at Dataquest. I ensure that Dataquest's educational content meets high standards for quality, currency, and functionality. My role involves creating and maintaining scalable processes and cross-team collaborations to uphold these standards.Key Responsibilities• Content Strategy: Oversee the content roadmap in collaboration with Marketing and Engineering.• Quality Assurance: Lead content quality guidelines and manage QA operations, including bug fixes and updates.• AI Strategy: Direct the AI strategy for content quality assurance for educational and marketing content, including the development of programs to enhance content quality.• Team Collaboration: Support external authors and coordinate with Product, Engineering, and Marketing for feature improvements and key initiatives.• Project Management: Set schedules for course optimizations, version updates, and performance metrics.• Documentation: Manage all essential documentation to support the Content Team.

Ensures that educational content meets high standards for technical rigor. Build repeatable processes and collaborations to make sure our content is correct, up to date, and it works as intended. Responsibilities include:• Sets standards for technical excellence of Dataquest educational content• Coordinates Content Team quality assurance work• Plans technical feature improvements to support high-quality education• Sets schedules for course optimizations, version updates, and metrics check-ins• Manages content deploys• Manages technical documentation for the Content Team

Senior Manager responsible for managing R-focused Content authors, planning and implementing the R content roadmap, defining the Dataquest teaching philosophy for R, and working with Engineering on R-related platform improvements.

Dataquest is an interactive online learning platform for data science. We help students deeply learn concepts, build projects, work together, and gain the confidence they need to start new careers.Responsibilities include:• Porting, designing, and authoring high-quality R courses;• Working with external contributors to adapt their R content to the Dataquest platform;• Soliciting and actioning student feedback on courses;• Performing technical review of colleagues’ courses;• Effectively managing time and meeting deadlines.

Sagebrush Data develops and delivers online and in-person training content for data analysis and data visualization. Technologies include R, SQL, command line tools, and sometimes Python. Data services that we provide to clients include processing/cleaning, analysis, visualization, modeling, reporting, and training/instruction. Current projects include:• Developing training materials for an online and in-person course on cleaning data in SQL using PostgreSQL. Adapting course developed for DataCamp to deliver on another platform.• Contributing author, editor, and code tester to forthcoming book on R, Databases, and Docker. This book will teach users how to use PostgreSQL with R. Users will also learn how to use a Docker container to minimize administrative hassles associated with using SQL within an organization. • Analyzing survey data in R and authoring a summary report in R Markdown for school-based counseling program at two Denver-area middle schools. Client is a non-profit organization.

Developed content for a course titled "Cleaning Data in a SQL". Responsibilities included: • Source and prepare databases for use in course; • Build video slides and scripts;• Author SQL coding exercises, context, hints, answers, and success messages using DataCamp teach editor;• Utilize GitHub for version control;• Review and test all coding exercises;• Collaborate with DataCamp Curriculum Lead and Content Developer.

Denver, Co And Seattle, Wa

Provided technical solutions to clients across industries. Proven track record of delivering technical solutions to clients on-time and within budget.Areas of expertise include:• R programming;• statistical analysis and data visualization using R (tidyverse, ggplot2);• reproducible reporting with R Markdown;• technical consulting;• development and delivery of training programs;• communication of technical information;• authoring and editing technical reports and deliverables;• project management;• client relationship management;• regulatory compliance and management system audits, assessments, and inspections;• leading cross-functional project teams; • environmental management system development and implementation;• regulatory compliance management and database systems.

Seattle, Wa

Seattle, Wa

Bainbridge Island, Wa

Bainbridge Island, Wa

Bainbridge Island, Wa

Seattle, Wa

Boulder, Co

Boulder, Co

Seward, Ak

Antarctica

Ba, Honors In Geography

Honor thesis: The Spatial Variability of Understory Vegetation Abundance in Response to Fire and Topography in a Montane Ponderosa Pine.

Graduate Studies, Environmental Science

Graduate coursework in life cycle assessment, statistics, and natural resources management.

Certificate, Sustainable Business

Activities and Societies: Outdoor Industry ConcentrationSustainable business, leadership and corporate social responsibility. Outdoor.

Data Scientist In Python

Completed 10+ courses in Python, SQL, R, Git, and the command line.

Harvardx - Data Science Professional Certificate Program

Earned certificates in: • R Basics • Data Visualization • Probability • Inference and Modeling • Productivity Tools • Data Wrangling •.

Data Science With R

Completed 25 courses in data cleaning, visualization with ggplot2, SQL, Shell, data manipulation, exploratory data analysis, tidyverse.

Liberal Arts And Sciences/Liberal Studies, 4.0

General undergraduate coursework in preparation for transfer to CU Boulder. Received scholarship for 4.0 GPA.