👋 Hi, I’m John — a data science and ML/AI engineering hands-on leader with rare interdisciplinary skills and wisdom spanning diverse areas of science and tech, six industries and all company lifecycle stages. I’ve built and led high-performing software and ML/AI teams across SaaS startups/scaleups and larger enterprise, created an award-winning ML platform, patented innovations, and proven to achieve real-world business value from data science, machine learning and artificial intelligence.

• Launch and scale artist of data science/ML/AI teams and platforms in many industries
• Patented inventor and multiple award-winning ML platform builder
• Technology Lead and Senior Scientist at MIT & Harvard
• 10x invited speaker
• Published in top scientific journals
• Trusted advisor and consultant to executives in many industries
• 3x hackathon winner (2 coding, 1 business plan)
• Successful software entrepreneur
• Python, R, Julia, JavaScript lover (equally, like my kids :-D)

Colleagues have described me as a gifted data scientist, an extraordinary leader, kind-hearted, mission focused and exceptionally generous (see LinkedIn recommendations).

• B.A. Economics (magna cum laude)
• M.S. Statistics (magna cum laude)
• M.S. Physics (magna cum laude)
• Graduate level Certificate in Data Science from Harvard (masters student part-time for 4 years)
• 3 Udacity Nanodegrees: Deep Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Cloud Development.
• Additional graduate work in Management Science and Computer Science.

• 🕵️ Can provide expert executive consulting and hands-on work for AI/ML startups
• 🤔 Happy to provide advice to early-career data, software, ML/AI professionals
• 📫 How to reach me: presci3nce at gmail dot com
• ⚡ Fun fact: Former NCAA college hockey player and now a championship winning youth hockey coach