Richard Ballantyne

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Data Scientist
Metia• July 2019 - Present
Collaborate with data analysts, data engineers, business intelligence specialists, and key stakeholders to identify and provide new tools and techniques that offer the greatest opportunities to the company. Research cutting-edge techniques in natural language processing (NLP) to develop tools and methods to improve and expand current processes. Converted all data science tools and processes into the Python framework. Re-engineered entire NLP pipeline including: data ingestion, ETL, topic modeling, and visualization. This significantly enhanced model quality and interpretability, in addition to increasing speed by an order of magnitude. Developed financial forecasting strategies to better understand market spend in unique sectors. Designed classification models using machine learning to help clients analyze and segment their user base.
Math and Science Teacher
Huntington Learning Center• September 2018 - June 2019
Teaches all levels of math from grade school through AP Calculus. Prepares students for the ACT/SAT math and science sections. Also does SATII test preparation for math and physics.
Research Assistant
Western Washington University• June 2016 - August 2018
Developed automated routines in Python for the extraction, cleaning, normalization, and organization of data from astronomical databases into data frames utilizing NumPy and Pandas. Created statistical tools in Python, used in multiple projects, to analyze large data sets of both public and proprietary data. Performed chi-squared testing, linear regression, error analysis, and other statistical techniques to test current proposed theories for the growth of young stars.
Lab Teaching Assistant
Western Washington University• January 2015 - January 2018
Instructed undergraduate beginner and intermediate physics lab sections of 20+ students each week by leading discussions, demonstrating procedures, fielding questions, and grading student lab reports. Consistently rated highly by students.