Lucas Newman

About Lucas Newman

With 9 years of expertise in analytics and data science, I\'ve championed data-driven initiatives across diverse sectors: banking, fintech, cybersecurity, consumer goods, and sports. My dedication to innovation in the field has fueled me to lead data science teams, operationalize many high impact products. As a proud MS in Data Science alumnus from The University of Texas at Dallas (graduated with honors), my passion lies in assisting companies to convert data into strategic assets, driving tangible business outcomes.Currently serving as a Lead Data Scientist & Data Science Manager at Nike, I help lead the marketplace operations commercial data science team. Within this role I focus on applying data science and ML techniques to optimize the North American supply chain and improve demand, supply and inventory modeling.

Experience

1. Lead Staff Data Scientist

   Nike

   Apr 2022 — Present · Beaverton, OR, US

   Data science lead in the Commercial Advanced Analytics & Decision Science team.Skills used: Python, SQL, Time Series Forecasting, Optimization, MLOps (AWS SageMaker, Apache AirFlow), Regression, Time Series Modeling, Causal Inferencing.

Education

• The University of Texas at Dallas

  Master of Science - MS, Data Science

• The University of Texas at Dallas

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Information Science & Technology

Skills

• Microsoft Office
• Nanotechnology
• Powerpoint
• Research
• Scanning Electron Microscopy
• Microsoft Excel
• Public Speaking
• Data Analysis
• Spectroscopy
• Statistics
• Microsoft Word
• Teamwork
• Spanish
• Physics
• Materials Science
• Laser Physics
• Pulsed Laser Deposition
• Toxicology
• Renewable Energy
• Fuel Cells
• Environmental Impact Assessment
• Biotechnology
• Portuguese
• Biomedical Engineering
• X-Ray Diffraction Analysis
• Atomic Spectroscopy
• Raman Microscopy
• Matlab
• Spss
• Nanomaterials
• Mathematica
• Sas Programming
• Java
• Python
• R
• Hadoop
• Shell Scripting
• Machine Learning
• Microsoft Access
• Sas