Key Data Projects.

• Big Data management and processing for medical providers and pharmacy locations information across the United States

• Building ELT Streaming Data Pipelines for the Digital Pharmacy

• Using Simulated Vehicle Sensor data to detect and filter Road Signs for Road Management Use-Cases

• Innovation Algorithm Decomposition & Development

• Location Scoring Algorithm Design to plan builds of EV Charging Stations across Europe

• Trend Analysis for Internet Search and Online Grocery Retailers

• Indoor Localization Prediction ML Application

• Testing the Equality of Two Means of Incomplete Paired Data with Three Different Statistics

• Using Monte Carlo methods for Variance-Gamma Asset Pricing

• Regression Modeling for Estimating Calories from Nutritional Content on the McDonald’s Menu

• Exploratory Analysis on the state of exoplanet research and areas of research opportunity

• Examining family involvement and its impact on success in Mathematics

• Critique on Epidemiological Research Methodologies

• Lecture on using Python for Data Analysis

• Identifying Glass through Chemical Composition for Criminal Forensics Use-Cases

• Using Linear Discriminant Analysis to predict inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame

Traditional Experience.

ORACLE | Remote 2021

Director, Data Science - AI Apps

• Leading a team of Data Scientists and AI Engineers to discover and monitor companies around the world

University of Kansas and edX | Remote 2021

Instructor, Data Science & Visualization

• Teaching courses on Python, Data Management, Data Modeling, AI/Machine Learning, and Big Data technologies.

• Advocating for modern and accessible higher and lifelong education

divvyDOSE (acquired by UnitedHealth Group) | Remote 2020 - 2021

Director of Engineering, Data Platform

• Building a team to create a modern Data Platform for the Digital Pharmacy

Data Architect, Platform Engineering

• Designing data infrastructure systems and providing thought leadership for the digital transformation of the pharmacy and beyond

THINK HAVEN & ENERGY INTELLIGENCE INSTITUTE | Based in Chicago, IL 2020

Founder, Blended Innovation, AI, Mental Wellness & Quantum Research

• Data modeling and algorithm development for unique subject area blends

• Schema design and data collection architecture

• Application development - Flask, Python, MongoDB

• Creative program development with holistic wellness techniques, art, science, and thought experiments

LABEL INSIGHT (acquired by NielsenIQ)| Chicago, IL 2019                                                              

Senior Data Scientist

• Creating machine learning and AI solutions to power transparency in the consumer packaged goods industry

• Team building and cross-functional leadership

HERE TECHNOLOGIES | Global, Based in Chicago, IL 2018 - 2019                                                                          

Lead Technical Program Manager

• Cross-functional leader for team of data scientists and software engineers managing internal/external customer education, engagement, and expectations on the Open Location Platform for sensor and big data processing paired with GIS data and concepts

• Combines expertise in data science, machine learning, IoT, and software engineering to influence product roadmaps for autonomous driving and smart cities enablement

• Trained APAC, EMEA, and AMER Solution Architect and Sales Enablement teams on product knowledge and data management best practices

• Engage directly with privacy, security, and architecture teams on best practices and proactive strategies for market presence

TBSCG, USA | Global, Chicago, IL, Dallas, TX, Tampa, FL 2013 - 2018

U.S. leadership for globally distributed consulting group providing professional services to enterprise clients for various technical solution platforms. Face of the company at conventions and summits.

Extensive Client work for: Doosan Bobcat, Nikon, Alameda County Government, American Airlines, American Medical Association, Herbalife, Engie Electrabel, Legg Mason, Felco, TransAmerica, Steinway

Key Partnerships: Adobe, OpenText, Kentico, Aprimo, Magnolia, Amazon, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise

Senior Solutions Architect

• High profile, client-facing collaboration with globally distributed regional business units and internal cross-functional teams to define requirements, prioritize, and provide solutions for large-scale, complex technical initiatives.

Technical Delivery Manager

• Own SOWs, resource management, finances, executive communication, as well as technical solutions and delivery of various enterprise grade projects.

Senior Software Development Consultant      

• Hands-on technical leadership to globally distributed project and service teams responsible for development, quality assurance, and release management activities on a multi-datacenter infrastructure. Lead engineer for new web, software, and infrastructure projects as well as supporting sales teams in technology selection and best practices.

ERA EUROPE | Based in Orlando, FL 2012 - 2013

Web Developer                                                                

• Responsible for full stack development, system administration, and maintenance of large network of international websites and applications via agile methodologies

• Led 5 member development team via daily project management skills and served as liaison between U.S. and European clients

• Managed large volume of real estate listings and customer data through the design, maintenance, queries, and administration of 20+ databases via MSSQL Server and custom scripts

• Entrusted by Director of Technology to analyze email traffic reports and maintain anti-spam security code via blacklists, SPF reports, DKIM keys, DMARC, and SMTP Authentication for 40+ domains; leveraged high-level decision making

• Developed custom application to track email campaigns for 20,000+ recipients via Google Analytics calls

• Gathered requirements and developed analytical application to access Facebook user segment and click-through customer data

• Created extensive and interactive real estate search using Google Maps API and sprites

Freelance Web Developer | Various Locations 2009 - 2014

• Drove full stack development, user experience enhancements, and e-commerce solutions across variety of client accounts

Startup Experience.

Traditional Education.

M.S. Applied Statistics: Data Science
DePaul University, College of Science and Health, Department of Mathematical Sciences

B.A. Computer Science (partially complete)
Rollins College

B.A. Digital Media: Internet and Interactive Systems
University of Central Florida

International Baccalaureate Diploma
Hillsborough High School

Non-Traditional Education

Certified Holistic Nutritionist, AFPA American Fitness Professionals & Associates

Google Cloud Platform Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure, Google Cloud and Coursera

How Google Does Machine Learning, Google Cloud and Coursera

From Data to Insights with Google Cloud Platform Specialization, Google Cloud and Coursera

Spark and Python for Big Data with PySpark, Udemy  

Intro to Product Management, General Assembly

Basic Keelboat Certification, U.S. Sailing

Sketch Comedy Writing Certification, The Second City Training Center

Improvisation Certification, The Second City Training Center

Advanced Excel Workshop, General Assembly     

Certificate in Data Science and Machine Learning Essentials, edX, Microsoft and MIT     

Intro to Statistics: Making Decisions Based on Data, Udacity, Stanford University

Magnolia CMS Training, Czech Republic

OpenText CMS Training, Poland

Lectures

2019 Spring Workshop on Causal Inference
Workshop by Chicago Chapter of American Statistical Association with Jason Roy, Professor of Biostatistics and Chair of the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at Rutgers School of Public Health

The State of the Nanosatellite Industry
Lecture at mHub with NewSpace Chicago with David Hurst, Technology Entrepreneur

Various Entrepreneurial-focused Workshops
2 week experience with 22 intellectuals and entrepreneurs from 15 different countries in Bali, Indonesia

Multi-node Multi-core R: Shiny apps on Amazon EC2 Lecture at the University of Dallas with Mike Badescu, PhD - Data Scientist and Founder at Numeract     

HP Software Big Data Bootcamp with HP Vertica and Distributed R
Hewlett-Packard, Downers Grove, IL office

Malofiej23 Infographics World Summit Recap
Lecture at Southern Methodist University with Randy Krum, Founder & President of InfoNewt

Death to Pie Charts!
Lecture at Southern Methodist University with Cole Nussbaumer, www.storytellingwithdata.com

Projects in Academia

Lecture: Python for Data Analysis
Pandas, Matplotlib, Statsmodels, Seaborn, Jupyter Notebook

Lecture: Variance-Gamma Asset Pricing
Monte Carlo methods in financial engineering, variance-gamma and Black-Scholes model comparison, error tolerance, model performance and efficiency analysis

Article Critique: Scientific Standards in Epidemiologic Studies of the Menace of Daily Life by Alvan R. Feinstein
Issues in epidemiology, cause-effect relationships, data dredging, issues in data quality

Article Critique: European or Africanized Bee? from the Analytical Chemistry journal
Explanation of my inspiration for a contemporary scientific writing style

Research Paper & Lecture: Estimation calories by nutritional content on the McDonald’s menu
Correlation matrices, histograms, scatterplots, model selection, multicollinearity tests, residual diagnostics, AV Plots, R

Research Paper: Testing the Equality of Two Means of Incomplete Paired Data with Three Different Statistics
Paired t-test, permutation test, power, simulation, R

Machine Learning Application: Predicting indoor location using Wi-Fi Fingerprinting sensor data
PyCharm, Anaconda 3, Flask, Python

Research Paper & Lecture: Exploratory analysis on the state of exoplanet research and areas of research opportunity
Open Exoplanet Catalogue, SAS

Research Paper & Lecture: Exploratory analysis on cancer data from the CDC
Data manipulation, SAS

Regression Modeling and Analysis: Find the relationships between taste and acetic acid for cheese data
Linear Model, F-Test, T-Test, ANOVA, Confidence Intervals, Assumption Validation, R

Research Paper: Baseball Hall of Fame 2019: Who Will it Be?
Linear discriminant analysis modeling and visualization, SAS and R

Research Paper: The Full Moon Effect with mental health center data
GLM models, interaction plot, tukey test, SAS

Lecture: Examining Family Involvement and its Impact on Success in Mathematics with UofChicago data
Chi-square, ANCOVA, multiple regression modeling, SAS

Research Paper & Lecture: Glass identification through chemical composition
MANOVA, assumptions validation, Tukey tests, quadratic discriminant analysis, classification, SAS

Languages & Frameworks

Python, R, SAS, Java, SQL/NoSQL, Hadoop Stack, HTML/CSS/JS, ETL/ELT & BI, Tableau, DevOps, MLOps, Spark, Flink, Cloud Computing - AWS/Azure/OCI, Snowflake, dbt, Terraform, LangChain, Vector Databases

Skills

• Large Language Models (LLMs)

• Natural Language Processing

• Machine Learning

• IoT - Sensor Data

• Agile Best Practices

• Program Management

• Resource Planning

• Negotiation Skills

• Quantitative Analysis

• Executive Communication

• eCommerce Strategy

• Vendor Management

• Statistical Modeling and Inference