Ben L. Taylor
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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.