Brandon Krouppa

Brandon Krouppa has a diverse work experience that spans across various industries. Brandon is currently working as a Senior Predictive Analyst at National Interstate Insurance Company, where they utilize their skills in predictive analytics. Prior to this, Brandon worked as an Instructor at Kent State University, teaching introductory physics classes and updating course materials to enhance the learning experience for over 400 students per semester.

In addition to their teaching role, Brandon also owned their business, QCD.Rocks, which they managed from April 2022 onwards. Before venturing into entrepreneurship, they served as the Director of Campus Support at Compass North Church, where they provided support and managed operations.

Brandon's previous experience includes working as a Quantitative Analytics & Model Development Analyst Sr at PNC bank. In this role, they developed predictive loss forecasting models and utilized big data platforms for data analysis. Brandon also played a crucial role in the adoption of open-source code and provided expertise in Python.

Before joining PNC, Brandon worked as a Graduate Assistant at Kent State University, where they developed C++ codes and conducted statistical analysis. Brandon also served as a Physics and Calculus Tutor at Jacksonville University and gained internship experience at Brookhaven National Laboratory, where they worked on a simulation project supervised by a senior scientist.

Overall, Brandon's work experience showcases their expertise in predictive analytics, teaching, entrepreneurship, and data analysis.

Brandon Krouppa completed their education at several institutions. Brandon obtained a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Physics and Mathematics from Jacksonville University, where they studied from 2009 to 2013. After that, Brandon pursued higher education at Kent State University, where they earned a Master of Arts (M.A.) degree in Physics, studying until 2015. Brandon then continued their studies at Kent State University and completed their Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Physics in 2018.

In addition to their formal education, Brandon Krouppa also obtained several certifications. Brandon completed courses such as "SAS Programming for R Users, Part 1" and "SAS Programming for R Users, Part 2" from LinkedIn in October 2018. Brandon also obtained certifications in "Building and Deploying Deep Learning Applications with TensorFlow," "Machine Learning & AI Foundations: Decision Trees," and "Machine Learning & AI: Advanced Decision Trees" in January 2018, also from LinkedIn.