Austin Willis

Senior Software Engineer

Stonehenge Technology Labs•  February 2019 - Present

Serve as principal data scientist, researching and implementing novel uses of commerce data. Utilize Computer Vision to find and consolidate product seller landscape, identifying anomalies like counterfeits and unauthorized ‘private labeling’. Manage data modeling in every aspect of data gathered, from standard sales forecasting to experimental methods of anomaly detection. Research Online Grocery Pickup disruption, consulting clients on what is happening and how best to respond (shipping, assortment, advertisement strategy). Build main visualizations in PowerBI, Adhoc in Seaborn (Python). Data governance and curation, using Azure SQL Server as a backbone. Write public grants proposals to address recent COVID-19 Pandemic, looking to help mitigate danger of Panic Shopping/Improper Social Distancing using our methodology. Set up Airflow orchestration of tasks using Azure Kubernetes. Promote and drive a data-driven product, helping shape the product roadmap from a research perspective.

University of Arkansas (System)

Computer Science, BS•  August 2006 - May 2011

Also majority hours complete for Master in Computer Science with focus on AI/ML