Nick Restifo
Director of Basketball Research @Atlanta Hawks
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WORK HISTORY
Director of Basketball Research @Atlanta Hawks
EDUCATION
Central Connecticut State University
Master's degree, Data Mining
Hopkins School
High School Diploma
University of Connecticut
Bachelor's degree, Marketing
ABOUT NICK RESTIFO
Data science generalist in his tenth season of NBA basketball operations work- Worked multiple seasons on both the front office (six- ATL & MIN) and coaching sides (four - NYK) of three NBA teams, under the direction of five different presidents- Highly proficient in Python, R, & SQL with more than a decade of experience writing production-quality code and building high-performing predictive models and evaluation frameworks- Has four years of full-time NBA-team “travel party” experience (NYK)- Deliberate and reflective thinker who thrives in deep focus and / or research-oriented roles- Experienced manager of junior data scientists and analysts with a history of direct reports- Pairs a robust technical skillset with a well-rounded knowledge base in data science, systems administration, and practical communication- Personable and effective communicator of complex technical ideas to non-technical audiences- Intrinsically enjoys the search for expected value, competitive advantage, and unintuitive optimums- Holds a Master\'s degree in Data Mining from Central Connecticut State University and a Bachelor\'s degree in Marketing from the University of Connecticut- Experienced live cash-game poker player (two full-time stints totaling 1.5 years)- Loves competition and hates to lose- Moderately funny, easy to spend all day in a war room with
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