Clark Pixton Email & Phone Number

Denver, Co, Us

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Data science lead to guide development of a new last-mile delivery decision support tool that reached successful pilot stage. Supported company pivot to targeting last-mile delivery clients. Collaborated with executive, technical, and product management teams.• Opened new industry vertical, generating $200K ARR and onboarding 13 active markets by leading data science R&D to launch new optimization product. o Built MVP scheduling and route optimization product in 3 months.• Invented optimization algorithm and led project from R&D to launch, reducing model runtime by 50% and AWS costs by 21% while improving recommendation quality by 7%.• Advanced sales by designing proof-of-value pilots with prospective customers, presenting results to technical and non-technical stakeholders.o Educated sales staff on technical foundation behind products and educated clients on technical capabilities, providing clear data to back up product recommendations.• Established near- and long-term roadmap for data science initiatives at Zoba, directly managing 2 team members and working closely with product, engineering, and sales teams.• Relayed customer needs to product team to shape algorithm and align product development with real-world customer priorities.• Served as data science lead for key micro-mobility client (over 100 cities, 100,000+ vehicles), resolving issues through data analysis and clear technical communication.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Led initiatives to increase quality, speed, and scalability of automated operational tool during period of company growth targeting enterprise-level customers. Improved transparency of optimizer-generated recommendations.• Drove sales as client-facing data science lead; leveraged ability to clearly explain complex performance data to demonstrate business value of our product in terms of volume, revenue, and profit.• Dramatically improved algorithm, leading to major improvements to product and outcomes for clients:o Generated 65% speed-up of a micro-mobility simulation-based optimizer that generates hourly-to-daily operational recommendations for hundreds of thousands of vehicles across 3 continents.o Increased optimizer recommendation quality 20% in difficult cases where recommendations are bound by complex geographic constraints.o Produced backend algorithms for customer-facing insights dashboard that ranked recommendations, enabling clients to prioritize actions.• Accelerated sales strategy by crafting sales messaging and customer FAQs to improve customer utilization.• Facilitated tighter collaboration across data science, engineering, and product by delivering company-wide technical trainings.

• Published on data-driven revenue management in a flagship business journal. • Co-advised year-long MBA consulting project advising 2 international companies on improving supply chain. • Designed and taught 2 undergraduate business courses from scratch: o Operations Analytics | R, Tableau, data visualization, dashboard creation, exploratory data analysis, machine learning, SQL, mathematical optimization for business ops.o Intro to Sustainable Business | Renewable energy, circular economy, manufacturing, transportation, electric vehicles, sustainable supply chain, ESG frameworks.• Organized an industry-sponsored MBA Big Data case competition.• Contributed research and attended conferences, gaining exposure to cutting-edge, emerging technologies in the field of data science.

• Coded mathematical optimization app in Python used for decision support for large CPG companies such as J&J and Pepsi.• Enabled assortment planning and revenue optimization across hundreds of SKUs while incorporating a wide range of branding, logistical, and contractual constraints.

• Developed data-driven models and algorithms for pricing and assortment planning.

• Provided data analysis and optimization to generate process improvements and determine customer lifetime value analysis.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Operations Research

Bs, Mathematics

Graduated Magna Cum Laude. Taught Haitian Creole at a Missionary Training Center. Minored in Music and sang in competitive choirs.