About Me
Data Scientist with expertise in machine learning, NLP, and data visualization. Skilled in Python, R, SQL, Tableau, and Power BI. I am passionate about helping organizations leverage data to drive strategy and improve performance. Outside of work, you’ll find me playing the piano, running trails, practicing yoga, or watching international films.
Core Values and Principles
Accuracy as a Foundation: Good insights come from good data. I focus on clean inputs, and well-documented processes.
Purposeful Questioning: I start with the right questions because, quoting Mark Twain, “Data is like garbage. You’d better know what you are going to do with it before you collect it.”
Analytical Exploration: I dedicate time to exploratory data analysis (EDA) because rushed conclusions seldom yield robust solutions.
Insightful Storytelling: I focus on solving real problems, not just visualizing them.
Skills
Skilled in data wrangling (Pandas), statistical modeling (SciPy), machine learning (Scikit-learn), NLP (NLTK), and deep learning (TensorFlow, PyTorch)
Experienced in regression analysis and hypothesis testing with RStudio, delivering clear, actionable insights through tidyverse visualization and reporting
Expert storyteller in Tableau and PowerBI, crafting clear visuals that spotlight key insights through interactive dashboards
Proficient in SQL queries with joins and aggregations for data retrieval, analysis, and reporting
Advanced with lookup functions, pivot tables, dynamic formulas, and dashboards to automate business tasks
Education
Utah State University; Data Analytics
Emphasis: Management Information Systems
BYU–Idaho, Business Analytics
Minor: Economics
Projects
Text Summarization
Developed a Streamlit website using web-scraping and NLP techniques to summarize lengthy articles
Movie Maturity
Built an interactive movie similarity search engine using APIs, document clustering, and text summarization
Wordle Solver
Incorporated statistical analysis and pattern recognition to reduce average guesses by 1.5 per game
Experience
- Data Analytics Instructor: Launched a continuing education program for local companies to train employees, including a cohort of ~25 senior leaders.
- Technical Support Intern: Uncovered demographic drivers behind 30% of subscription sign-ups that provided insights for marketing using ML and NLP. Resolved ~100 weekly customer tickets in Zendesk and Jira by writing PostgreSQL queries
- Research Assistant: Conducted meta-regression research at Utah State University and presented at academic and industry events.
- Business Analyst/Consultant: Reversed declining revenue and drove 15% sales growth through marketing and social media analysis, restoring profitability Used Excel and Python to improve operations and reduce delivery times by 20% through workflow enhancements
Volunteer & Leadership
USU Hackathon Judge
Evaluated innovative AI/ML solutions developed by student teams from multiple universities at the USU hackathon
For the Strength of Youth
Assistant Coordinator at FSY overseeing 10–14 counselors and 100+ youth weekly across three states
Alumni Fundraiser
Performed Liebestraum by Franz Liszt at a fundraiser for the annual Crawford Cup competition