Clark Fitzgerald Email & Phone Number

Sacramento, Ca, Us

Sacramento, California Area

Davis

* Research focused on R code metaprogramming for high performance parallel data analysis* Selected for NSF Graduate Research Fellowship worth $140K* Developed and taught 4 week Python programming workshop for statisticians including NumPy, SciPy, IPython, Matplotlib, and pandas* Contributed patches to open source projects including pandas and Scipy* Presented technical talks to audiences of 100+ about Python, parallel R* Led discussion sections for data science related classes

* Authored two R packages (rddlist, sparklite) implementing distributed R data structures and computation in Apache Spark* Developed general purpose R software for programming algorithms on distributed data

San Francisco Bay Area

* Developed plotting methods for high dimensional arrays* Contributed to open source Python libraries including xray, Seaborn, and pandas* Clean, analyze and visualize radar data* Present work to public audience of 300 at SF Python meetup

San Jose, Ca

* Applied data science techniques to solve business problems* Built predictive models to forecast commissionable bookings by individual sales agent* Led training and study groups on advanced analytics in R and Python* Collaborated closely with business stakeholders to produce relevant, accessible information* Developed text mining programs using regular expressions to extract information and quantify sentiment* Configured, maintained, stored, and troubleshot Linux Servers running as cloud VM's. (Internally and on Amazon's EC2)* Automated data pulls to parse, load, and analyze JSON and XML data from web API's including Salesforce.com and several public sources.* Used SQL queries on the Enterprise Data Warehouse, including DDL* Brought the December Bay Area R User meetup to Cisco; Presented at the October meetup* Explored and did POC's using cutting edge technologies* Presented results to Vice President and Senior Directors

Berkeley, Ca

* Courses include Optimization, Machine Learning, Numerical Analysis, Advanced Statistics, and Programming• Solved optimization problems using AMPL and wrote code for numerical algorithms in Matlab• Implemented statistical models and machine learning techniques for prediction using R• Led the UC Berkeley Cal Veterans Group as both the Secretary and Campus Climate Lead, scheduling and organizing 10 social and professional events, and speaking in front of audiences of more than 100 people• George A. Miller Scholar- One of 10 UC Berkeley transfer students to receive this scholarship

Leadville, Colorado

* Led groups of 10 students on backcountry expeditions lasting 1-2 weeks* Facilitated deep conversation around reintegration for groups of OEF / OIF war veterans * Taught mountaineering and climbing skills* Collaborated with partners to design exciting trips

Redding, California Area

* Tutored English as a Second Language (ESL) to exchange students* Explained mathematical concepts in math lab

North Carolina, Afghanistan

• Created a database with Excel to ensure physical accountability for sensitive items including 300 weapons and night vision devices valued at over $1,000,000 with zero losses during entire 20 month period of responsibility• Executed combat missions in a high stress environment as a member of an international team with NATO forces and the Afghanistan National Army• Recognized by the XVIII Airborne Corps Commanding General for managing the best arms room out of four in the Battalion during the Corps Operational Readiness Assessment• Honorably discharged

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Statistics

Master Of Science (Ms), Statistics

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Applied Mathematics

Activities and Societies: Cal Veterans Group

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