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Maple Grove, Mn, Us

Irving, Texas, Us

Madison, Wi, Us

- Led multiple high-value, fast-paced projects as a Project Lead, Data Scientist, and Machine Learning Engineer, utilizing cutting-edge technology to spearhead innovation, including NLP and Computer Vision. - Developed the production pipeline for a project utilizing fine tuned transformer-based LLMs to efficiently and accurately extract information from millions of large unstructured text documents within hours, untapping a source of information that was previously under-utilized due to costs and complexity. - Trained and deployed models integrating tabular and image data, which predicted high-risk home insurance policies, thereby optimizing the allocation of underwriting resources. - Championed the development of team standards that encouraged input from all levels and roles, resulting in more maintainable code bases and greater collaboration between data scientists and engineers. - Mentored data scientists and engineers in developing their technical skill sets, communicating their work to both technical and non-technical audiences, and understanding how the many pieces of a technical product depend on each other and work together.

Madison, Wi, Us

San Francisco, Ca, Us

- First Data Scientist at Imperfect Foods - formed a foundation for Data Science, including creating team standards, interviewing, onboarding, and serving as the technical mentor for new data scientists as the team grew. - Collaborated with stakeholders to educate and integrate data science across the business and identify specific use cases where data science can be utilized to augment and improve processes and products.- Created, documented, provided training for, and owned the AWS infrastructure (e.g., EKS, EC2, Lambda) needed for Data Science through both the development lifecycle and in production. - Owned initiative to predict customer lifetime value for the optimization of marketing spend with advertising partners (trained, deployed, and maintained models in production).

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us

- Technical lead for a team of data scientists building models utilized for scenario planning and optimizing billions of dollars in promotion spending. - Built and productionalized machine learning models for several use cases, including demand forecasting, promotion optimization, and product identification in ads. - Owned several projects through initial planning to model deployment, including gathering needed data, model training, creating pipelines for and real-time inferences, writing and containerizing REST APIs, and managing model API deployment in Kubernetes. - Led Data Science components of cloud migration, including pilots with multiple providers and testing, documentation, and best practice recommendations for workflows.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

• Created store hours optimization model, impacting operating hours of over a thousand stores and resulting in tens of millions in additional sales/gross profit.• Developed and analyzed in-store tests as part of the A/B Testing team.• Utilized an advanced analytic perspective to set store level goals for various objectives (e.g., weekly vaccine goals).• Created Python tooling for multi-source, multi sink data IO to reduce ETL friction across teams.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Us

• Utilized various modeling techniques on large data sets to create predictive models utilized by multiple departments to increase profit and reduce loss.• Created customer profiles used for segmentation and creation of marketing campaigns.• Researched and tested various variable reduction techniques to be used when creating models.• Served as a statistical consultant for teams across the company.

Ames, Iowa, Us

Graduate Research Assistant• Developed, collected data for, analyzed, and wrote manuscripts for multiple projects• Presented research to groups of 25 - 100 people on a regular basis• Recruited, trained, and managed laboratory assistantsInstructor• Supervised student research projects from idea creation to final write up of results• Provided regular evaluation with concrete suggestions for improving performance• Utilized online tools for teaching, including designing and teaching an online course

Arcata, Ca, Us

• Collected, analyzed, and reported research from multiple laboratories• Taught a lab section of an intro statistics course• Instructed students how to run analyses in SPSS and report results• Served as a teaching assistant in four undergraduate classes

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Quantitative Social Psychology

Graduate Certificate, Statistics

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Social And Environmental Psychology

Bachelor'S Degree, Psychology