Ben L. Taylor

**** ********* **. • Atlanta, GA **350

adk723@r.postjobfree.com • 210-***-**** • Github PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Data professional with education background and M.A. in Religion. Building projects in Python. Seeking to explore and question data in order to aid in the decision-making process. SKILLS

Programming: Python and data-friendly packages like pandas, NumPy, Math, Sci-kit learn, Predictive Power Score, Matplotlib, Seaborn, Bokeh, XGBoost.

Databases: SQL Server

Machine Learning: XGBoost, Random Forest, SVM, logistic regression, and KNN Data Analysis: Tableau, Power BI, pivot tables, and Excel DATA PROJECTS

LEAPS: The Impoverished and School April 2020 - July 2020

Used the Learning and Education Achievements in Punjab Schools (LEAPS) datasets to predict which students will succeed in school in Pakistan’s poorest province.

Formed and cleaned DataFrame for each year from over 13 large tables in pandas and Python.

Utilized statistical analysis, Predictive Power Score and Seaborn/Matplotlib modules for EDA and distribution manipulation.

Deployed various ML models and tuned hyperparameters: Linear models, SVM, Decision Trees Iowa Liquor Sales July 2020 - November 2020

Worked with the Iowa Liquor dataset to clean dirty data and predict sales prices for 2017.

Optimized Regular Expression Operations and Garbage Collector module to clean datasets

Utilized FBProphet to analyze seasonality and Boxcox to manipulate many extreme outliers.

Explored RFE and t-SNE to drop features, hyper-parameterized decision tree ML models, and analyzed feature importance. EXPERIENCE

Learnatric

Product Owner

EdTech Startup

January 2021 - Present

Translate educational principles to web app that curates lessons based on a novel tagging system.

Collaborate with education experts and programmers to co-develop a roadmap and optimize features in a fast-paced environment.

Work in an agile environment and continuously reviews the business needs, refines priorities, outlines milestones and deliverables, and visualizes each team member’s tasks. Springboard

Data Science Career Track

Data Science Career Track

March 2020 - November 2020

550+ hours of hands-on curriculum, with 1:1 industry expert mentor oversight, and completion of 2 in-depth capstones.

Mastered skills in Python, SQL, data analysis, data visualization, hypothesis testing, and machine learning. Great Hearts Academies

6th Grade Teacher, Team Leader

Public Charter School

July 2018 - January 2020

Led readings of rich, classical passages in order to pique a sense of wonder.

Manage the classroom with emphasis on respect and natural consequences, thereby nurturing both positive, long-term relationships and a classroom of ordered joy.

Began as AT and was promoted to a fifth-grade lead teacher for the 2018-19 school year.

Taught Language Arts and History as a sixth-grade lead teacher and became the team lead. EDUCATION

Yale Divinity School

M.A. in Religion c. Ethics

New Haven, CT

August 2016 - May 2018

Relevant Coursework: Advanced Ancient Greek and Religious Epistemology. Lee University

B.A. Double Major: Psychology and Biblical & Theological Studies, GPA: 3.9 Cleveland, TN

August 2011 - May 2016

Relevant Coursework: Statistics and Symbolic Logic.

Performed theatrical improvisation, sometimes with 400 attendees.

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