Keith Goldner

About Keith Goldner

Keith Goldner is the Vice President of Data Science at FanDuel where he leads the Sports Modeling and Innovation team. A data scientist and full-stack developer by trade, Keith helped start numberFire, a sports analytics company designed to empower smarter decision-making, which was acquired by FanDuel in 2015. With over a decade of experience as a consultant - working with numerous NBA and NFL franchises, as well as NCAA Division I athletic programs - Keith has advised general managers, coaches, scouts, and other front office executives, building out full-stack solutions and machine learning models.Keith graduated Magna Cum Laude from Northwestern University with a B.A. in Mathematics, earning membership in Phi Beta Kappa. His sports analytics research has been featured in journals and conferences across the nation while contributing analysis across multiple platforms at ESPN, Sports Illustrated, and the Wall Street Journal. Keith was also named to Forbes Magazine\'s 30 Under 30 list for young disruptors, innovators, and entrepreneurs in the sports industry.Specialties: Data science, software engineering, sports modeling, statistical analysis in sports, mathematics, computer science

Experience

1. Chief Data Scientist

   Numberfire Acquired By Fanduel

   May 2011 — Present

   Acquired by FanDuel in August, 2015: http://bit.ly/1NuZQKj

Education

• Northwestern University

  B.A., Mathematics

  2007 — 2011

Skills

• Microsoft Excel
• Machine Learning
• Analysis
• Entrepreneurship
• Sports
• Economics
• Social Media
• Stata
• Analytics
• Optimization
• Javascript
• Statistics
• Mysql
• Java
• Research
• Html
• Python
• Php
• Data Analysis
• Public Speaking
• Css
• Probability
• Ajax
• Mathematics
• Jquery