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Experience

2011 - Present

As a data scientist and strategy advisor, I have been working solo and as part of a team, using SQL and Python for exploratory data analysis to solve complex data science issues that have saved 5+ business clients from bankruptcy. I have been advising decisionmakers about marketing, financial & business strategy, supply chain issues, and labor use. I've also been helping entrepreneurs make decisions about about lease vs. buy decisions, raising capital, and equity vs. leverage. â€‹

As the Investment Officer & Data Scientist for the Guidon Investment Company, I have been using Python for data science and machine learning to model expected future trends, detect changes in current trends, and to assist me with risk management decisions. 

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Investments are primarily focused on energy, minerals, and mining.

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I use APIs for data scraping to generate proprietary data research for algorithm development including regression, decision trees / random forests, and recommendation systems. My algorithm helped me avoid the entire Covid-19 market crash in March 2020 by  advising me to position our funds against oil and the S&P500​.​

Military Service - United States Marine Corps

Prior to being a super-nerd, I was a super-nerdy Marine.

 

As a non-commissioned officer (NCO), I created a database to help my team oversee an inventory of $3 million of weapons and equipment while I was supervising the armory and working as a marksmanship instructor.

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I also trained 20+ junior Marines on data collection, network analysis, and criminology for warfighting. I taught about prioritization of data into categories depending on time sensitivity and mission relevance.​

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​​During my time in western Iraq, I produced 1,000+ intelligence reports. I became a subject-matter expert in my assigned field, which created a scenario where I led a team before most Marines are considered to be a high enough rank to be a team leader.

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I also briefed senior US civilian & military officials including generals and US government officials. I created deliverables and tailored them to the person who would be reading them.

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I used network science to create military target packages and supervised a team of 4 in collection and analysis of time-sensitive, top-secret data in a stressful environment.​

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I still have the bragging rights of holding the range record (a perfect score) on the windiest range in the Marine Corps.

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Education

PhD - Data Science

Northcentral University

 

(Expected 2024)

MBA - Finance

National University

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BBA - Marketing

National University

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Skills

  • Python

  • Some R

  • Some KNIME

  • Some MySQL

  • Data Mining

  • Data Cleaning

  • Developing models

  • Developing algorithms

  • Machine Learning

  • Clustering / unsupervised learning​

  • Decision Trees / Random Forest

  • Recommendation Systems

  • Regression

  • Hypothesis Testing

  • Optimization / Gradient Descent

  • Asset Valuation

  • Risk Analysis

  • Business Planning

  • Microsoft Office Suite

  • Adobe Software

Soft Skills

  • Leadership

  • Solo Work

  • Group Work

  • Research

  • Creating deliverables

  • Native English Speaker

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