DATA SCIENTIST | ML ENGINEER | DATA ANALYST | APPLIED SCIENTIST

Data Scientist with experience in executing collection and visualization to solve problems through the use of data sets to develop solutions for business goals and objectives; detail-oriented, motivated, and creative problem solver with an innate curiosity for data solutions and a passion for AI and data modeling.

Data Science • Machine Learning • Deep Learning • Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Neural Networks • Modeling • Data Warehousing • Natural Language Processing (NLP) • Research • Qualitative & Quantitative Research Methodologies • Scientific Writing • Statistics • Big Data • Data Analysis • Web Applications • Databases • Data Visualization

TECHNICAL SKILLS 

Languages: Python, R, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, SQL, Jinja, Markdown, LaTeX

Database Systems: Amazon Redshift/Aurora, Google BigQuery, dbt, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Neo4j

Frameworks: Hadoop/Spark, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-Learn, Pandas, Matplotlib, Tidyverse, MageAI, ArcGIS

App Development: Django, FastAPI, Shiny, Docker, React

Cloud Platforms: AWS, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Azure

Version Control: Git, GitHub, BitBucket

Project Management: Jira, Confluence, Slack

Operating Systems: Linux, MacOS, Microsoft Windows

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Integra Connect | Senior Data Scientist | March 2024 – Present

MT Data Services | Data Scientist and ML Engineer | Sarasota, FL Sept. 2021 – 2024

• Sawtooth AI | Sept. 2023 – Present
  • Developing an enterprise search and knowledge discovery platform utilizing GPT to optimize revenue operations workflows
• Senior Market Connection | Jan. 2023 – Present
  • Identifying optimization opportunities and data potential in current direct marketing efforts through communication with elder-centric industry leaders
  • Developing AI-driven direct marketing optimization strategies to boost response rates to well beyond 20 percent
  • Integrating enhanced outreach and identification tools using LLM models into current sales-force workflows
• Brain Racers | July 2023 – Present
  • Developing a targeted recommendation system to drive student engagement and improve student performance at or above grade level in a gamified learning environment
  • Creating an analytics data pipeline and visualizations for internal and client use to monitor student performance
• Elovee | Feb. 2022 – Oct. 2022
  • Reduced workload for clinical specialists by 25% by implementing a transcript tagging model for cognitive function using a zero-shot BERT-based language model, algorithmic approaches, and automated methods for improved efficiency.
  • Developed a customized data pipeline to increase customer engagement visibility leading to a 10% increase in self-reported customer satisfaction and a 5% increase in customer retention
  • Managed data connections and visualizations for several A/B tests in Meta and GCP resulting in a 50% increase in new clients
  • Designed a collaborative filtering recommendation system to improve specialist’s efficiency when creating client programs

• Dendra Systems | Sept. 2021 – Dec. 2021
  • Increased speed of training data augmentation 23x by migrating from PIL to Albumentations
  • Optimized training dataset size 5x by system testing and implementing additional image augmentations
  • Improved object recognition 2x through augmentation hyperparameter tuning

Surgical Instrument Repair Specialist | Paces MedEquip, Cumming, GA | Jan. 2015 – Dec. 2019

• Surgical instrument repair for one of the largest public healthcare systems in Florida as well as numerous private practices
• Expertise in stainless steel repair techniques including hand sharpening, welding (including laser welding), and precision instrument repair under microscopy
• Trained over a dozen technicians on various repair techniques including hand sharpening as well as repairs of specific instruments

Research Assistant | Roskamp Institute, Bradenton, FL | Jan. 2012 – Mar. 2014

• Authored papers on neuroscience topics that have been cited over 90 times
• Collected and analyzed biological samples using advanced laboratory techniques, resulting in the identification of key biomarkers associated with neurodegenerative diseases, which significantly advanced the understanding of disease pathology
• Performed extensive statistical analysis of biological data including, regression analysis, t-tests, ANOVA, and chi-squared tests
• Managed terabytes of data in various formats for numerous different biological assays

PROJECTS

Baldric – an LLM-powered BI chatbot for Slack | Personal | Feb.  2023

• Utilized OpenAI’s text-davinci-003 LLM to generate SQL queries from Slack users’ natural language queries on an Activity Schema 2.0 database hosted on GCP and to return formatted results

Using gravity model to make store closing decisions: A data driven approach | MIT Media Lab | Nov. 2022

• Developed an innovative reverse Huff Gravity Model to significantly improve customer retention following a retail store closure with MIT media lab
• Designed, managed, and hosted a data-driven web application to display the findings of the research

EDUCATION

Master of Data Science | New College of Florida, Sarasota, FL | May. 2022

Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science | University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL | Dec. 2009