Damon Samuel

About Damon Samuel

Bridging the divide between analytics and the business to drive permanent improvements.

Experience

1. Data Science and Ai Innovation

   RiverStone

   Oct 2020 — Present

   Head of Data Science for RiverStone, a Fairfax Financial specialty insurance company. Built the function from inception and lead a team of data scientists delivering analytics, machine learning, and AI capabilities across Claims, Actuarial, and Reinsurance.Recent work includes: Deployed CoDE (Complaint Data Extraction) — identified a single claim generating $2.5M in savings Introduced AI Agents for claims auditing and operational workflows Authored RiverStone\'s enterprise Generative AI Policy with Legal, IT, and Corporate Security Led unstructured data extraction projects using LLMs Presented Data Science capabilities to CEO and Fairfax parent company innovation group Joined Fairfax AI Working Group LeadershipManage team operations, stakeholder engagement, quarterly planning, budget, and talent development. Data Science initiatives are now embedded as corporate-level objectives.

Education

• University of Missouri-Columbia

  BA, History

  1994 — 1996

• Georgia State University

  MS, Decision Science

  2001 — 2004

Skills

• Analysis
• Predictive Analytics
• Leadership
• R
• Database Design
• Big Data
• Public Speaking
• Management
• Program Management
• Market Research
• Marketing Analytics
• Business Intelligence
• Data Modeling
• Data Mining
• Sas
• Business Analysis
• Predictive Modeling
• Project Management
• Python
• Marketing Mix Modeling
• Data Analysis
• Segmentation
• Business Analytics
• Customer Insight
• Marketing Strategy
• Forecasting
• Analytics
• Optimization
• Strategy
• Text Mining
• Account Management
• Statistical Modeling
• Strategic Planning
• Sql
• Risk Modeling
• Database Marketing
• Marketing
• Statistics