Avery Smith

Co-Founder

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States10 yrs 6 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Founder of Data Career Jumpstart bootcamp
  • 2x analytics champion at ExxonMobil
  • Published first-author research on anomaly detection
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Data Science and Analytics expert with a focus on machine learning and data visualization.

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Skills

Core Skills

Data ScienceData AnalysisAnalyticsMachine Learning

Other Skills

Exploratory Data AnalysisPython (Programming Language)Data VisualizationAlgorithm DevelopmentData SourcingData CleaningDashboard / Web AppJMPMicrosoft ExcelStatisticsRD3JavaScriptSQLAlgorithms

About

Hey! I'm Avery! ๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿป My mission is to help working professionals break into data science. Let's connect! ๐Ÿš€ Creator of Data Career Jumpstart; the data bootcamp that helps you start your data career by building an online portfolio full of projects! Course includes: 1) Data Skills (Python, R, SQL, Data Viz, ect) 2) How To Do Projects & Build A Data Portfolio 3) How To Build Your Personal Brand 4) How To Land Your Dream Job That Is Remote, High-Paying, and Fun ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ’ป๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ“ง Sign Up To Get Updates: DataCareerJumpstart.com! โ›ฐ Running an analytics firm called Snow Data Science where we take on all sorts of data projects. From building custom dashboards, to predictions via machine learning, we are helping organizations utilize the power of their data. Have a project in mind? Send me a DM. Or visit, SnowDataScience.org. ๐Ÿ€ Landed a project with the Utah Jazz via LinkedIn post โ›ฝ Ex-ExxonMobil Data Scientist: solved complex supply chain problems, made beautiful data visuals, and taught data science to 300+ engineers! 2x company wide analytics champion. ๐Ÿ”ฌ I fell in love with data at Vaporsens. I was hooked on finding meaning and insight from their chemical sensor data. The feeling was addicting. I felt like a super hero. I've never looked back. ๐Ÿ“• First author published as undergrad in IFAC. Novel research on anomaly detection in manufacturing data using machine learning. Feel free to read: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405896319309073 ๐Ÿ“Š I am obsessed with data. Don't believe me? My dog has her own fitbit ๐Ÿถ My iPhone app usage has a dashboard ๐Ÿ“ฑ My Chick-Fil-A visits are already predicted for next month ๐Ÿฅ I run, breath, and sleep data ๐Ÿ“Š What more proof can I give? ๐Ÿคช ๐Ÿ’ฌ Message me to talk about: How to break into data science, how to build a data science portfolio, and how to build a personal brand. Find me on: ๐ŸŒ DataCareerJumpstart.com ๐Ÿ’ป GitHub: https://github.com/AveryData ๐ŸŽฅ YouTube: AVery Data ๐Ÿ“ท Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/datacareerjumpstart/ โœ๏ธ Medium: https://medium.com/@averyjs ๐ŸŽ‰ TikTok: @verydata ๐Ÿ“ง Sign Up To Get Updates On My Latest Course: DataCareerJumpstart.com!

Experience

10 yrs 6 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs
Average Tenure
5 yrs 4 mos
Current Experience

Data career jumpstart

3 roles

Data Analyst

Feb 2023 โ€“ Present ยท 3 yrs 3 mos

Data Scientist

Promoted

Aug 2021 โ€“ Present ยท 4 yrs 9 mos

  • ๐Ÿš€ Helping professionals break into data science
  • Data Career Jumpstart is an online, data science school designed to teach you data science by doing practical, personal projects, enabling you to build an online portfolio that blows recruiters minds ๐Ÿคฏ
Exploratory Data AnalysisPython (Programming Language)Data ScienceData Analysis

Podcast Host

May 2021 โ€“ Present ยท 5 yrs

  • Check this out at Data Career Podcast wherever you listen to podcasts!

Mit professional education

Data Engineer

Sep 2021 โ€“ Present ยท 4 yrs 8 mos ยท United States

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Snow data science

Data Scientist

Jan 2021 โ€“ Present ยท 5 yrs 4 mos ยท Utah, United States

  • โ›ฐ๏ธ Snow Data Science is an analytics firm that provides data solutions
  • ๐Ÿ“ซ Send me a DM if youโ€™d like to learn more about our services
  • We offer the following services:
  • โ–ช๏ธ Machine Learning
  • โ–ช๏ธ Data Visualization
  • โ–ช๏ธ Algorithm Development
  • โ–ช๏ธ Data Sourcing
  • โ–ช๏ธ Data Cleaning
  • โ–ช๏ธ Dashboard / Web App

Exxonmobil

Data Scientist

Jun 2019 โ€“ Jan 2021 ยท 1 yr 7 mos ยท Spring, Texas

  • Developed tool to make automated, data-driven decisions to improve capital planning ($330M/year)
  • Created enterprise-wide web application via cloud computing to democratize manufacturing data to all engineers
  • Lead US wide analytics interest network of 200+ providing advice, expertise, and training
  • Modeled complex supply chain processes that include 3,000+ variables to provide economic clarity via predictive analytics
  • 3x company-wide data analytics competition champion that included 100+ participants
Data SciencePython (Programming Language)JMPMicrosoft ExcelMachine Learning

Vaporsens

Data Scientist

Oct 2018 โ€“ Jun 2019 ยท 8 mos ยท Salt Lake City, Utah

  • Implemented machine learning and advanced algorithms to identify and quantify unknown chemicals
  • Solely responsible for all analytics in startup company
  • Generated 30% revenue growth through convincing data visualizations and customer relations
  • Performed and presented data analysis to Fortune 500 companies to secure collaborations

Exxonmobil

Optimization Engineer

May 2018 โ€“ Aug 2018 ยท 3 mos ยท Houston, Texas Area

  • ๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ Developed tool in Python to make automated, data-driven decisions to improve capital infrastructure planning and spending, providing an estimated savings of $330,000,000/year
  • ๐Ÿงฎ Investigated complex mathematical refinery models to ensure accuracy in making crude oil acquisitions

University of utah college of engineering

Big Data Researcher

Dec 2017 โ€“ May 2019 ยท 1 yr 5 mos ยท Salt Lake City, Utah

  • Published first-author paper in International Federation of Automatic Controlโ€™s special issue Intelligent Manufacturing Systems (see link to read paper)
  • Created new algorithm for clustering sensor data with over 1 million data points
  • Constructed novel process to perform outlier detection in large industrial systems utilizing machine learning

Vaporsens

2 roles

Data Scientist

Apr 2017 โ€“ Jan 2018 ยท 9 mos ยท Greater Salt Lake City Area

  • Machine learning and statistical data analysis
  • Understanding of complex statistical strategies and strong critical thinking methods.
  • Innovation and implementation of advanced algorithms for chemical sensing system to identify and quantify unknown chemicals applying machine learning and data analysis tools and methods.
  • Programmed own data analysis pipeline and edited and updated chemometrics package from past chemomitrican to perform key calculations and capture vital data.
  • Development of unique chemical fingerprints and chemical library.
  • Assistance to engineering side through microcontroller production and coding for flow measurement and device communication used in future commercial products.

R&D Engineer

Mar 2016 โ€“ Apr 2017 ยท 1 yr 1 mo ยท Greater Salt Lake City Area

  • ๐Ÿ’ฝ Built bio-chemical organic semiconductor sensors
  • โ˜ ๏ธ Handled dozens of narcotics and explosives
  • ๐Ÿง Lead quality assurance initiative to ensure $60k in product worked properly
  • ๐Ÿงฌ Conducted 100's of complex experiments

University of utah college of science

Laboratory Assistant

Nov 2015 โ€“ Mar 2016 ยท 4 mos ยท University of Utah

  • โ˜บ๏ธ Worked for free, part-time for 3 months. I owe everything good in my life to those 3 months.
  • ๐ŸŒŽ Conducted scientific experiments for Doctor Sohnโ€™s Iron Novel Development Lab
  • ๐Ÿ”ฌ Used ICP-MS to analyze chemical samples for purity
  • ๐Ÿ“‰ Performed data analysis in Excel to ensure high quality
  • I worked for free, part-time for 3 months. I owe everything good in my life to those 3 months.

Education

Georgia Institute of Technology

Master of Science in Data Analytics

University of Utah

Bachelorโ€™s Degree โ€” Chemical Engineering

Alta High School

High School

Waterford School

High School

Data Career Jumpstart

Bootcamp โ€” Data Analytics

Nov 2022 โ€“ Present

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