I am willing to try new things (like durian and fermented egg) and like to move a team forward to accomplish the task at hand in a timely manner.
Mark Foster
Data Scientist

Mark Foster
Data Scientist
Available Work Locations: Austin, TX • Dallas, TX • El Paso, TX • Fort Worth, TX • Houston, TX • San Antonio, TX
Bachelor's Degree
Core Technologies: Python, MySQL, Spark, Tableau, Pandas, NumPy, Matplotlib, Seaborn, SciKitLearn, Anaconda, Jupyter Notebooks, Git/GitHub
Core Competencies: Data Storytelling, Applied Statistics, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Classification, Regression, Clustering, Time Series Analysis, Anomaly Detection
Hire Me Because
My Capstone Project: Temperature Predictions
Employed regression modeling to predict average temperature for a 14-day period. Utilized the data for the 2023 Women in Data Science datathon, explore data for indicators of temperature, and predicted temperature using a polynomial regression model. Used python, pandas, matplotlib, seaborn, and scikit-learn to prepare, explore and model our data.
“With technology, I am most passionate about getting to know the data, seeing what it’s trying to tell me, and sharing with others what I found.“