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Wilmington, North Carolina, United States

• Manage a team of six data scientists delivering actionable insights for the bank.• Implemented agile data science greatly improving planning, prioritization, and transparency.• Condensed 100+ tableau dashboards into 30 that deliver focused, actionable insights.• Quantified the value of data science initiatives to ensure projects are prioritized effectively.• Aligned roadmap with data engineering team to ensure a smooth transition to Databricks.

• Managed a team of three data scientists delivering actionable insights for the deposit org.• Built an internal python package to standardize connections, perform routine analysis, and standardize machine learning projects. The module is used across multiple teams at the bank.• Defined and built out deposit data models in DBT. The models are used daily for key reports, dashboards, and machine learning models.• Automated the loan funding process allowing Live Oak to fund 10x more loans per day. The process funded $985MM of paycheck protection loans.

• Built and deployed an internal website (fastapi backend and react frontend) that identified leads via a high dimensional scikit-learn model. The web platform resulted in $30MM of closed loans.• Defined and conducted a six month data collection project and built a simple, linear model saving the bank $4MM. The simple model became the backbone of how the bank prices deposits.• Built out an airflow data pipeline and data warehouse to aggregate legacy data systems. Data is used daily to shape major corporate strategy.

Wilmington, North Carolina Area

• Developed a python package that performed spatiotemporal analysis of the coral reefs. The software and the analyses resulted in two publications.• Built a convolutional neural network in tensorflow to distinguish healthy coral from dead/diseased coral allowing biologists to easily quantify ecosystem health.

Wilmington, North Carolina Area

• Cleaned and analyzed spatiotemporal beach morphology data in order to understand long term behavior. The analysis resulted in publication.• Designed, built, and deployed a solar powered, remote camera system using a raspberry pi that reduced hardware costs by 90%. Work was used across multiple students’ theses.

Wilmington, North Carolina Area

Created Khan Academy style videos for the physics department.

Wilmington, Nc

• Produced the first time series visualization allowing managers to identify long term trends.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Physical Oceanography

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Physics

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Environmental Science

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