Sarah Morton Ms

Sarah Morton, MS, PhD, has a diversified work experience that spans both academia and industry. Sarah is currently working as a Senior Data Scientist at J.D. Power, starting in October 2021. Prior to this, they worked at ENGIE Impact from February 2019 to October 2021, where they held the position of Data Scientist. In this role, they utilized their expertise in forecasting, statistical analysis, machine learning, and data wrangling to build internal products and extract business insights related to energy and sustainability management. Sarah also developed R Shiny apps and Python scripts for various purposes, such as automating data feeds and generating monitoring dashboards. Sarah's work at ENGIE Impact involved projects focusing on data quality assessment, model impacts analysis, COVID-19 impact visualization, rate forecasting, and data auditing.

Before their industry experience, Sarah worked in various research roles at Washington State University. From August 2017 to February 2019, they served as a Research Assistant in the Department of Sociology, where they conducted survey and experimental research on human-computer interaction and gender. Sarah also worked as a Graduate Research Assistant in the Office of Institutional Research from August 2016 to May 2017, where they utilized SAS, SQL, and R programming to analyze and report student data, implement surveys, visualize data, and write reports. Additionally, they served as a Survey Consultant in the SESRC Survey Design Clinic from February 2016 to December 2018.

Sarah's research experience at Washington State University also includes roles as a Graduate Teaching Assistant in the Department of Sociology from August 2014 to June 2016 and as a Graduate Research Assistant in the Department of Sociology from June 2015 to August 2015. In the latter role, they collected and analyzed demographic data from four Muslim countries and the United States, focusing on women in engineering.

Sarah's early work experience includes their role as an Admissions Ambassador at the University of Saint Francis from August 2010 to May 2014.

With their extensive experience in data science, research, and academia, Sarah brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to their current role as a Senior Data Scientist.

Sarah Morton completed their education history as follows:

- From 2016 to 2019, they attended Washington State University and obtained a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Sociology.

- During the same period, from 2016 to 2018, they also earned a Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Statistics from Washington State University.

- In 2014 to 2015, Sarah pursued their Master of Arts (M.A.) in Sociology at Washington State University.

- Prior to their graduate studies, from 2010 to 2014, Sarah attended the University of Saint Francis, where they completed a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Sociology and a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Music Technology.

- Sarah completed their high school education with honors at Tri-West High School, receiving a High School Diploma in 2010.

In addition to their formal education, Sarah has obtained several certifications:

- In August 2021, they completed the Python Programmer Career Track (63 hours) from DataCamp.

- In December 2020, they completed the HTML Essential Training course from LinkedIn.

- In October 2019, Sarah accomplished the Artificial Intelligence Foundations: Neural Networks course from LinkedIn, as well as the Programming Foundations: Algorithms course.

- In August 2019, they completed the Artificial Intelligence Foundations: Thinking Machines course from LinkedIn.

- In July 2019, Sarah obtained the certification for Python for Data Science Essential Training from LinkedIn.