James C. Ostheimer

Male

jamie • jostheim • jostheim1 • factorialwise

Minneapolis, MN

I am an experienced (top on Kaggle) Data Scientist specializing in Bayesian statistics, model fitting, Monte Carlo methods, SVM, and Random Forest. I use ingenuity and creativity to derive meaning from Big Data. I possess a unique combination of experience -Web-scale engineeringarchitecture -Academic Experience (PhD in Astronomy) -Knowledge of probabilitystatistics and Machine Learning techniques -Entrepreneurial spirit, communication skills, and business sense which gives me a unique ability to solve complex data analytics problems. Work Experience -FounderPrincipal, FactorialWise Consulting - helped build the first conditional information market at daggre.org -Data Scientist, EnStratus- built system for identifying under-used and over-used cloud VM's -Algorithm Engineer, Demand Media - productionalized and improved a Machine learning system for predicting what articles would be successful for ehow.com -Senior Software Engineer, CIM - built and scaled Xfinity.com -SeniorSoftware Engineer, IET - worked on Bayesian Networks and Agent Based Distributed sensor Fusion -Systems Engineer, Northrup Grumman - helped win a billion contract, managed over K of research funds Entrepreneurial Experience - CTO Miinome- groundbreaking Genomics Marketplace project - Founder ZingString Technical Specialties Artificial Intelligence, CSS, Java, Javascript, Mysql, SVM, Postgres, Python, Ruby, Rails, JQuery, Amazon EC, Amazon SQS, Amazon EMR, Amazon SQS, Bayesian Networks, Numpy, Scipy, Random Forest, d.js, Pandas, MongoDB, Lucene, Solr, Arduino Speaking Speaker BigDataMN events Awards Top () in Kaggle Dark Skies Data Science contest Top () in Kaggle March Mania Contest Media Wired Enterprise httpwww.wired.comwiredenterprisescientists-in-tech MIT Technology Review httpwww.technologyreview.comnewsmarketing-to-the-big-data-inside-us read more ...