Michael Dairyko

Michael Dairyko, PhD, currently serves as the Director of Advanced Analytics and Director of Ticketing Analytics at Milwaukee Bucks Inc. since March 2022. Prior to this role, Michael held the position of Senior Manager of Data Science at Milwaukee Brewers from July 2018 to March 2022. Additionally, Michael contributed as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee from January 2019 to May 2020, teaching a graduate course in Business Forecasting Methods. Earlier experience includes serving as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at Iowa State University from August 2013 to May 2018, where responsibilities included lecturing, lesson plan design, collaboration on grading schemes, and worksheet creation. Michael participated in the IMA Math-to-Industry Bootcamp II in June 2017, focusing on programming, data analysis, and mathematical modeling. Michael earned a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics from Pomona College in 2013 and a PhD in Applied Mathematics from Iowa State University in 2018.