Robert Schell

About Robert Schell

Senior data scientist and experienced collaborator with the skill to derive actionable insights for decisionmakers. • Creative problem solver and dynamic change agent with a talent for getting the data to speak for itself. • Established record of productivity with the ability to consistently deliver solutions ahead of schedule. • Adaptive mindset that is always on the lookout for opportunities to innovate, build, and grow together.

Experience

1. Senior Data Scientist

   Baxter International Inc.

   Jan 2021 — Present · Round Lake, IL, US

   Leading AI/ML initiatives to improve complaint management system efficiency within the product surveillance department for a major healthcare company. • Specializing in NLP for unstructured data to perform Sequence Classification, Summarization, Named Entity Recognition, and Translation. Implementing best-in-class pretrained models, finetuned with in-house data, to function per task • Developing and training models for classification (binary and multi-class) and prediction; including, but not limited to: Feature Selection, Hyperparameter Optimization, Cross-Validation, and Ensembling/Stacking. • Performing production Model Selection and lifecycle Model Maintenance with Out-of-Sample retraining. • Implementing decision support tools for Regulatory Medical Device Reporting, Adverse Event Classification, Complaint Problem Coding, and the prediction of potential Business Escalations.

Education

• Northwestern University

  Master of Science (MS), Data Science

  2015 — 2018

• North Carolina State University

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Industrial Engineering

  2002 — 2007