Sara is a dynamic data scientist with 7+ years of experience in the payments industry and is skilled in analyzing transaction processing to identify opportunities for optimization to reduce operating costs and increase revenue. She has extensive experience visualizing data analysis in a clear and concise way with actionable insights to varied audiences ranging from senior leaders, external and technical audiences. Her expertise spans across the payment industry including regional and global issuers, acquirers, merchants, payment processors and fintechs. Sara is skilled in Data Analytics, Data Visualizations, Data Science, Data Mining, NLP, Machine Learning, Python, R, SQL, and Tableau. She also has experience across a variety of functions including B2B Marketing, Sales, Product Development, and Product Management. Sara holds a Master of Science in Business Analytics from the Zicklin School of Business at CUNY Baruch and Bachelor of Science in Business Management with a minor in Psychology from St. Johns University.