Mak Hozo

Mak Hozo is a data science and analytics professional with extensive experience at Chicago Public Schools since April 2017, currently serving as the Data Science & Insights Team Lead. Responsibilities include supervising a team of data analysts, providing training, and managing the Data Analyst User Group to support over one hundred data analysts district-wide. Previous roles at Chicago Public Schools included Senior Data Analyst and Data Analyst, where project management and data processing for high school performance metrics were key tasks. Early career experience includes a Quality Assurance Analyst Intern position at Textura Corporation, focusing on software testing for SaaS applications, and an Undergraduate Student Researcher role at Indiana University Bloomington, involving research on ultra-cold neutron sources. Mak Hozo holds a Master of Science in Predictive Analytics from DePaul University and a Bachelor of Science in Physics and Mathematics from Indiana University Bloomington.