Lauren Kendrick

About Lauren Kendrick

Machine learning data scientist with four years industry experience collaborating with cross-functional teams on machine learning and statistical analysis on production systems. Fast learner eager to immerse into technical depth with high attention to detail. Comfortable leading and executing analytical and predictive modeling projects, experimentation, reporting insights, visualization, and documentation. I enjoy developing tools end-to-end to help people make informed decisions and self-serve analytical insights.EXPERTISE: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Simulations, Network Analysis, Geospatial Analysis, Statistics, Optimization, Experimental Design, Predictive Modeling, EconometricsALGORITHMS: XGBoost, Random Forest, k-NN, k-means, Hierarchical clustering, Naive Bayes, Regression, PCA, Bayesian inference, Markov Chain Monte Carlo, Time series (ARIMA)PROGRAMMING & TOOLS: Python, R, MySQL, Presto, Dataswarm, Keras, Tensorflow, AWS EC2 & S3, Google Cloud storage, Jupyter notebook, Git, Tableau, Optimization tools (AMPL, Excel), STATA, Matlab

Experience

1. Machine Learning Engineer

   Liftoff Mobile

   Nov 2023 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   Liftoff is the leading growth acceleration platform for the mobile industry, helping advertisers, publishers, DSPs and game developers scale revenue growth with solutions to market and monetize mobile apps.

Education

• RAND School of Public Policy

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Public Policy Analysis

  2012 — 2018

• Caltech

  Bachelor's degree, Engineering Physics/Applied Physics

  2007 — 2011

Skills

• Microsoft Office
• Mathematica
• Research
• Nanotechnology
• Python
• Science
• Mathematics
• Qualitative Research
• Science Writing
• Physics
• R
• Optics
• Matlab
• Spectroscopy
• Stata
• Statistics
• Data Analysis