Renee Ernst

Renee Ernst is a skilled machine learning engineer and project leader currently serving as a Lead AI Engineer at Target. Previously, they worked as a Principal Machine Learning Engineer/Data Scientist at American Family Insurance and held various roles at General Mills, contributing to significant advancements in demand forecasting and model deployment. Renee earned a Ph.D. in Quantitative Social Psychology from Iowa State University, supplemented by graduate certificates in statistics and master’s degrees in social and environmental psychology. Their extensive experience in data science spans multiple prominent organizations, demonstrating a strong commitment to optimizing operations and driving innovation in machine learning.