Mark Platts

Mark Platts is a seasoned data scientist with extensive experience in the analytics field. Currently, Mark serves as a Senior Data Scientist at Palms Insurance since February 2022. Prior to this role, Mark was a Business Performance Analyst at Kemper for a brief period in late 2021 and worked as a Healthcare Data Scientist/Analyst at NextEra Energy, Inc. from February 2019 to June 2020, contributing to significant annual savings in healthcare expenses through key statistical and machine learning projects. Mark also held a position as a Visiting Scholar at The University of Sheffield, where k-means clustering was applied to analyze complex bee behavior data. Earlier in Mark's career, a role as a Mathematical & Statistical Modeler at Cefas involved building statistical models to understand commercial fisheries' impact on marine ecosystems. Mark holds a Master of Science in Mathematics in the Living Environment from the University of York and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Computer Applications from Sheffield Hallam University.