Matt Marek
Data Science Fellow
Chicago,IL
Summary
Data Scientist familiar with gathering, cleaning and organizing data for use by technical and non-technical personnel. Advanced understanding of statistical, algebraic and other analytical techniques. Highly organized, motivated and diligent with significant background in a range of areas relevant to business success.
Overview
2
2
Languages
5
5
years of post-secondary education
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Data Science Fellow
Thinkful
Chicago, IL
03.2020 - Current
- Learn industry best practices and modern data science standards alongside a senior data scientist mentor.
- Develop and presented projects involving timeseries, data wrangling, machine learning, statistical modeling, study design, statistics and probability.
- Technologies: Python, pandas, SQL, Postgres, Keras, scikitlearn, modeling, timeseries, anomaly detection.
- Completed reviews of codes, requirements and project plans.
- Conducted research, gathered information from multiple sources and presented results.
Youth Soccer Head Coach
Chicago Fire Juniors City
Chicago, IL
08.2017 - Current
- Utilized newest available technology to consistently maintain open communication with parents of players, providing both feedback and up to date scheduling information.
- Developed and retained an effective and productive scheduling program to accommodate coaching multiple teams.
- Maintained up to date player evaluations and goal reports for individual players as well as the teams as a whole.
Men’s Soccer Assistant Coach & JV Head Coach
Robert Morris University
Chicago, IL
08.2011 - 05.2015
- Identifying and recruiting academically and athletically talented student-athletes for the men’s soccer program.
- Assisting the head coach in maintaining budgeting processes, equipment logs and player evaluations.
- Organizing and leading JV soccer training sessions.
- Responsible for instructing players regarding skills and tactics while managing the teams as a whole to foster an attitude of sportsmanship and competitive drive.
- Monitoring men’s soccer student-athletes in their academic, social, and personal development.
- Developing and maintaining effective relationships and communications with students, colleagues, faculty, staff, alumni, parents, and general public.
Store Assistant Manager
Sherwin-Williams
Glenview, IL
07.2012 - 06.2014
- Managed and maintained some of the largest and most demanding accounts in the Chicagoland areas and over saw employees and one in-house designer.
- Worked with store manager and sales representatives to develop good selling skills, sales calls and create new business leads through event planning, creating store fliers and advertisements, and placing marketing calls regarding promotional events.
- Built relationships by effectively learning the needs of contractors to grow business.
- Provided the best customer service so that all needs and demands are met.
Customer Service
Real Time
Fox River Grove, IL
07.2010 - 04.2011
- Promoted a live technology board created by Real Time Freight for owner operators and trucking companies to improve performance of their business.
- Provided general assistance and technical support to customers and helped them resolve any issues or problems they were experiencing.
- Administered daily prospecting cold calls to create new business leads for the company.
League Organizer and Course Manager
Chicago Sport and Social Club
Chicago, IL
06.2007 - 01.2009
- Responsible for organization and logistics of various sports leagues throughout city of Chicago.
- Organizer and operations manager for the City Chase, the largest urban race in the world.
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts - Visual Communications
Loyola University
08.2003 - 05.2008
Skills
MS Office(Word, Excel and Powerpoint
Python(NumPy, SciPy, BeautifulSoup, Pandas, Matplotlib, Plotly, Seaborn and Scikit Learn)
SQL(SQLite, MySQL and Postgres)
Quantification (Science)
Statistical analysis
Intelligence gathering
Data Mining
Machine learning
Adobe Suite(Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver and Spark
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Quote
I know the price of success: dedication, hard work and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen.
Frank Lloyd Wright
Timeline
Data Science Fellow
Thinkful
03.2020 - Current
Youth Soccer Head Coach
Chicago Fire Juniors City
08.2017 - Current
Store Assistant Manager
Sherwin-Williams
07.2012 - 06.2014
Men’s Soccer Assistant Coach & JV Head Coach
Robert Morris University
08.2011 - 05.2015
Customer Service
Real Time
07.2010 - 04.2011
League Organizer and Course Manager
Chicago Sport and Social Club
06.2007 - 01.2009
Bachelor of Fine Arts - Visual Communications
Loyola University
08.2003 - 05.2008