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Analysis Skills 13%
Communication Skills 7%
Leadership 5%

Education level

Master's degree 47%
Doctorate 45%
Bachelor's degree 8%

Years of experience

Less than 1 year 2%
1-2 years 2%
3-5 years 6%

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American Family Insurance

Time at current job

Less than 1 year 21%
1-2 years 21%
2-5 years 39%

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Travelers Insurance

Atlanta, GA

Licenses & certifications

Certified Information Systems AuditorQ ClearanceCISM

Skills

LeadershipProduct ManagementPresentation SkillsTime ManagementAnalysis SkillsCommunication Skills

Senior Data Scientist

Bethesda, MD

Licenses & certifications

Driver's LicenseConfidential ClearanceSecret Clearance

Skills

LeadershipCommunication SkillsOperations ResearchBusiness CoachingOrganization DesignAssistant Manager Experience

Principal Data Scientist

Stamford, CT

Licenses & certifications

Chartered Financial Analyst

Skills

Analysis SkillsLeadershipCommunication SkillsFeature ExtractionLinear RegressionDimensionality Reduction

Data Scientist

Atlanta, GA

Licenses & certifications

Driver's License

Skills

Bayesian InferenceDimensionality ReductionFeature ExtractionZshCommunication SkillsData Augmentation

Lead Data Scientist

Takoma Park, MD

Skills

Communication SkillsFeature ExtractionAnalysis SkillsPresentation SkillsStrategic PlanningDistributed Computing

Marketing Data scientist

San Mateo, CA

Skills

Adobe Audience ManagerPresentation SkillsMarketing Mix ModelingAdobe TargetAnalysis SkillsCommunication Skills

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