Woody Adler
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Projects:
Spotify Hit Predictor
- Uses a dataset of over 6,000 songs from Spotify's API to classify songs as 'hit' or 'flop'
- Performed exploratory data analysis and visualizaiton on the dataset
- Used numpy bootstrapping for statistical analysis
- Created a tuned XGBoost Classification model
Beer Recommender System
- Created a collaborative filtering based recommender system using Scikit-Surprise
- Performed data cleaning and exploaratory data analysis on over 1.5 million reviews
- Created interactive visualazations with plotly
- Built a robust recommender system based on the SVD++ algorithm
Education:
Springboard Data Science Career Track - 2019-2020
- 550+ hours of hands-on curriculum, with 1:1 industry expert mentor oversight,
and completion of 2 in-depth capstone projects.
Mastering skills in Python, SQL, data analysis, data visualization, hypothesis testing, and machine learning.
Berklee College of Music - Bachelor of Arts - 2008 - 2012
Skills:
Python, SQL, Tableau, PowerBI, Machine Learning, Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization, Feature Engineering
Work Experience:
Workflow Optimization & Operations Director - School of Rock - 2017 - 2019
Created and managed a database of student information
Optimized enrollment strategies and customer satisfaction
Modernized workflow and scheduling practices
Managed a team of 10 instructors, created and maintained musical curriculum
Promoted and booked performance dates
Maintained and managed all equipment and technology
Show Director - School of Rock - 2012 - 2017
Private guitar and bass instructor.
Directed over 10 season shows consisting of weekly group rehearsals leading up to a live student performance.
Conducted audio and video recording and editing of student performances.