Melissa N.

Head Of Education at ATLytiCS

Melissa N. has extensive work experience in the field of data science and education. Starting in 2009, they worked as an Instructor/Teaching Assistant at NC State University, where they organized and executed lectures, prepared course materials, and provided assistance to students.

In 2016, Melissa became an Assistant Professor at Morehouse College, where they supported students with their research projects, including topics such as Support Vector Machines and Random Forests.

Moving into industry, Melissa worked as a Data Science Fellow at Thinkful in 2018, gaining experience in supervised and unsupervised machine learning, data analysis, and natural language processing. Melissa also worked on a capstone project predicting available listings in Seattle Airbnb.

From 2018 to 2019, Melissa served as a Senior Data Scientist at WarnerMedia, where they focused on building predictive models to support compliance readiness.

Subsequently, they took a role as a Pro-Bono Data Scientist at Davis Direction, where they analyzed patron data to improve grant acquisition and services provided to patrons.

Joining ATLytiCS Inc., Melissa held various positions, including Custom Projects Coordinator and Head of Education. In these roles, they managed client relationships, coordinated project delivery, and oversaw the operations of the education program.

Melissa also has experience in mentoring through their involvement with Women in Data.

Melissa'smost recent position is with ADP as a Lead Data Scientist, where they focus on building call taxonomies and developing chatbot utterance classifiers.

In addition to their professional experience, Melissa has contributed as an Instructor for the Data Science Academy at North Carolina State University. Overall, Melissa has a strong background in data science, education, and project management.

Melissa N. obtained a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Applied Mathematics from North Carolina State University in the years 2009-2015. Melissa also earned a Master's Degree in Applied Mathematics from the same institution from 2009-2012. Prior to that, they completed their Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics at Morgan State University from 2007-2009. Melissa N. pursued additional certifications in R Programming, The Data Scientist's Toolbox, and Machine Learning from Coursera in 2017. There is no information provided about their education at College Alfred Saker.

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Timeline

  • Head Of Education

    January, 2022 - present

  • Custom Projects Coordinator

    January, 2021

  • Pro-bono Data Scientist

    May, 2018