Scott Spangler

Scott is a named IBM Distinguished Engineer, former IBM Watson Health Researcher, Chief Data Scientist, and the author of the book “Mining the Talk: Unlocking the Business Value in Unstructured Information.” He has over twenty years of experience designing and building solutions for unstructured data, and over ten years focusing specifically on life sciences and drug discovery. Scott is skilled at leading small teams to apply advanced machine learning and cognitive computing techniques to solve discovery problems involving heterogeneous data sets. He excels at communicating effectively with principal investigators in life sciences, executive stakeholders, software engineers, and end users. Areas of specialty include Unstructured Text Analytics for Scientific Discovery, Data Analysis, Statistics, Design of Experiments, Java Application Development, Intellectual Property Analysis, and Corporate Brand Reputation Analysis.