Mark Fruin

Mark Fruin has a diverse work experience spanning various roles and industries. Mark is currently working at 84.51° as the Director of Data Science since July 2022. Prior to this, they worked at the same company as a Lead Data Scientist from July 2019 to July 2022, and as a Senior Data Scientist from February 2016 to July 2019.

Before joining 84.51°, Mark worked at Kaplan as a Data Scientist for a brief period in 2016 and as a Data Analyst from March 2015 to January 2016. Mark also has experience working at Leo Burnett Group, where they were involved in Modeling, Segmentation, and Forecasting from May 2013 to March 2015.

Mark began their career with an internship at State Farm as a Global Business Analyst from October 2012 to May 2013. Mark also worked as a Finance Intern at YWCA McLean County, where they were responsible for creating an efficient financial data transfer system and contributing to financial reports.

In addition, Mark has previous experience as an athlete at Team Indiana Elite from June 2008 to August 2011, and as a Teller at First Financial Bank from 2010 to 2011.

Overall, Mark Fruin's work experience showcases their expertise in data science, analysis, finance, and business analysis.

Mark Fruin holds a Master of Science (M.S.) in Economics from Illinois State University, which they obtained from 2011 to 2013. Prior to that, they earned a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Indiana University Bloomington, completing their studies from 2004 to 2008. Alongside their formal education, Mark also obtained certifications in various machine learning subjects from Coursera, including "Structuring Machine Learning Projects" in 2019, "Improving Deep Neural Networks: Hyperparameter tuning, Regularization and Optimization" and "Neural Networks and Deep Learning" in 2018, and "Machine Learning" in 2014.