Drake Talley

Data Scientist

CyberData Technologies Inc.•  January 2020 - Present

Developed, tested, and put into production numerous ML pipelines for classifying fraudulent transactions as a federal contractor for the Social Security Administration, with a Public Trust level security clearance requirement. Presented statistical and visual data science reports to a group of SSA business executives and stakeholders weekly. Queried and worked with big data, pulling data from multiple very large databases (VLDBs) of up to 20TB in size.

Data Science Consultant

Calhoun Plastics and Chemicals Inc.•  January 2021 - April 2021

Identified new key performance indicators (KPIs) from customer data using machine learning and feature selection. Generated comprehensive dashboards to display real-time insights for employees, shareholders and executives. Developed data-driven machine learning pipeline for classifying repeat customer base and transactions.

University of Georgia

Biotechnology, BS•  August 2011 - May 2015

Advanced coursework in: math, science, statistics, experimental design, biometric and health data.