I am driven by a deep desire to, understand and optimize, structures and processes. Applying that same philosophy to myself, through continual learning and team building, I aspire to continually optimize myself and those around me in order to reach the highest levels of performance and satisfaction.
Richard Macken
Data Scientist
Richard Macken
Hired
Data Scientist
Available Work Locations: Austin, TX • Houston, TX • Miami, FL • Nashville, TN • Remote • Tampa, FL
Military Veteran
Inactive Top Secret
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: Myers-Briggs Twitter Assessment
Employed XGradientBoost modeling to determine if we could use an individual’s vocabulary to classify them into a specific Myers-Briggs personality domain. Used snscrape, a variety of nlp libraries(e.g. nltk, emoji-to text, textblob …) and Scikit-learn k-means clustering to acquire and explore potential themes in word use and sentiment across the types and domains. As a measure of our success, our XtremeGradientBoosting model had a 63.3% improvement on the baseline when classifying domains.
“With technology, I am most passionate about using data and statistics to optimize decision-making and solve problems at scale, adding value by minimizing lost revenues and ultimately maximizing our reputation and confidence amongst a customer base.“