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. ​
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.
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
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Python
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Some R
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Some KNIME
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Some MySQL
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Data Mining
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Data Cleaning
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Developing models
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Developing algorithms
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Machine Learning
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Clustering / unsupervised learning​
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Decision Trees / Random Forest
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Recommendation Systems
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Regression
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Hypothesis Testing
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Optimization / Gradient Descent
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Asset Valuation
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Risk Analysis
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Business Planning
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Microsoft Office Suite
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Adobe Software
Soft Skills
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Leadership
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Solo Work
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Group Work
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Research
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Creating deliverables
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Native English Speaker