Experience

Key Caliber

Senior Data Scientist (under NDA) • May, 2022 — Dec, 2024

  • Contributed to Spark data pipeline within Kubernetes cluster
  • Analyzed network data using networkx and scikit-network
  • Wrote recommendation algorithm using resources from scikit-learn
  • Produced embedding using pytorch and a neural network
  • Integrated algorithms into development using a flask api and argo scheduler
  • Provided algorithmic transparency using shap values

Near Americas

Data Scientist • Oct, 2014 — Nov, 2021

  • Wrote frameworks to provide descriptive statistics for large (TB) geospatial datasets and advised executive team on results
  • Built a big data pipeline to detect linear anomalies in geospatial data
  • Created lookalike audiences for marketing consisting of 100 million mobile devices
  • Estimated visitors at locations of interest
  • Designed and created python software to estimate lift of mobile ads and to detect retail stores that closed
  • Worked with product team to write internal and external documentation of software created

Open Source

Burr

contributor • Pull Request

  • Added a deep researcher example to Burr
  • Languages used are python and typescript

Education

University of California, Los Angeles

M.S., Statistics

Columbia University

Ph.D., Political Science

Stanford University

B.S., Symbolic Systems

Tools and Technologies

Languages

  • English (fluent)
  • German, A1 (certificate November 2024)

Programming Languages

  • Python (fluent)
  • C (intermediate)
  • Javascript (beginner)

Coursera Certificates

  • Neural Networks and Deep Learning
  • Generative AI with Large Language Models

Coding Frameworks and Libraries

  • Hadoop, Spark, Hive, pyspark
  • pandas, numpy, scikit-learn, networkx
  • pytorch, langchain, langgraph
  • flask, fastapi
  • matplotlib, seaborn, D3.js

GIS Applications

  • QGIS, Google Earth

Algorithms

  • linear regression, logistic regression, random forests, naive bayes
  • kmeans, hierarchical clustering, dbscan

Databases

  • HDFS, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redshift

Cloud Computing

  • AWS s3, ec2, RDS

Version Control Software

  • Git, github

Containerization

  • Docker, docker-compose, Kubernetes

Workflow Management Software

  • Jira, Github actions, Gitlab

Agile Software

  • Trello