Daniel Doyle, Data Scientist and Developer in Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Daniel Doyle

Data Scientist and Developer in Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Member since May 3, 2022
Daniel is a data scientist who builds predictive models, data visualizations, and dashboards on large datasets with expertise in the staffing and investment management fields. He made a graph neural network to predict risk on a construction site reducing errors by 60%. Daniel improved a predictive modeling framework, handling millions of records on policyholder behavior using R and H2O. His models are used in financial forecasts and dashboards to catch aberrant behavior as it unfolds.
Daniel is now available for hire

Portfolio

  • Visimo
    Julia, R, Python, Docker, Neo4j, Data Visualization, Simulations...
  • Talcott Resolution
    R, Excel VBA, Simulations, Data Visualization, Predictive Modeling...

Experience

  • R 4 years
  • Simulations 4 years
  • Machine Learning 4 years
  • Statistics 4 years
  • Financial Mathematics 3 years
  • Predictive Modeling 3 years
  • Python 1 year
  • Julia 1 year

Location

Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Docker, Julia, R, Python

The most amazing...

...project I have completed is predicting construction site risk. It used custom text embeddings and GNNs to greatly improve performance.

Employment

  • Data Scientist

    2021 - 2022
    Visimo
    • Built a graph neural network to predict risk on a construction site. It reduced error relative to the prior model by 60% and provided reasonable results when tested on individual observations that differed from training.
    • Delivered a resource management tool that simulated project wins and losses and assessed the risk of understaffing. R Shiny was used to give users an interface to run the process and explore simulation results.
    • Conducted data discovery for a healthcare client to assess the state of their data and explore insights that could be extracted with deep learning for drug development. This led to a monthly retainer and future work as data came in.
    Technologies: Julia, R, Python, Docker, Neo4j, Data Visualization, Simulations, Deep Learning, Predictive Modeling, Statistics, SQL, Machine Learning, Data Science, RStudio, RStudio Shiny, Healthcare IT, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Linear Optimization, Neural Networks, Pandas, Clustering, Data Analysis, Data Analytics
  • Senior Actuarial Consultant

    2018 - 2021
    Talcott Resolution
    • Overhauled four major assumptions to use a predictive modeling framework that could efficiently handle the millions of records on policyholder behavior that went into premises and was much more accurate than the prior approach. Used R and H2O.
    • Replaced a compression process (clustering to reduce time with Monte Carlo simulations) with a modern custom solution that reduced cloud costs by 1/3 and improved the accuracy of the simulation.
    • Built an investment management tool that calculated the efficient frontier for investments given unique life insurance portfolio constraints.
    • Investigated optimal mapping of mutual funds to relevant major indices and built a process to identify which holdings were responsible for inaccuracies in that mapping.
    • Implemented a novel method of setting prudency in assumptions to reflect the appropriate level of conservatism when setting reserves.
    • Assisted assumption reviews for several M&A projects.
    • Built efficient reporting frameworks for financial simulations, policyholder behavior, and call center data.
    Technologies: R, Excel VBA, Simulations, Data Visualization, Predictive Modeling, Life Insurance, Financial Mathematics, Tail Risk, Statistics, SQL, Machine Learning, Data Science, RStudio, RStudio Shiny, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Linear Optimization, H2O Deep Learning Platform, Clustering, Data Analysis, Data Analytics

Experience

  • Personal Investment Management
    https://github.com/DDoyle1066/InvestmentManagement

    This process generates optimally diversified portfolios based on different risk thresholds. It proceeds by:
    1. Gathering returns from AlphaVantage based on requested tickers (currently Vanguard ETFs and a high yield mutual fund).
    2. Estimating the relationship between bond yields and bond funds.
    3. Generating a process to project variations in bond yields and ETF returns if bond yields are relevant.
    4. Simulating future bond yields and ETF movements based on them.
    5. Determining the efficient frontier for that simulation.
    6. Repeating #4 and #5 1,000 times to avoid overallocation into a single high-performing fund at the end of the efficient frontier.

  • Variable Annuity Metamodeling
    https://github.com/DDoyle1066/VA_Metamodeling

    This project walks through pricing a block of variable annuities and developing a faster metamodel for that approximation. It proceeds by:
    1. Generating policyholder in force files.
    2. Pulling historical market data and estimating market parameters from historical data. A regime-switching lognormal model is shown as an improvement over a simple lognormal model.
    3. Monte Carlo calculation.
    4. Approximation of projection using a neural network to predict the output without running the full-scale Monte Carlo projection.

Skills

  • Languages

    Julia, R, Excel VBA, Python, SQL
  • Frameworks

    RStudio Shiny
  • Paradigms

    Data Science
  • Platforms

    RStudio, H2O Deep Learning Platform, Docker, Jupyter Notebook
  • Other

    Life Insurance, Predictive Modeling, Probability Theory, Simulations, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Linear Optimization, Data Analysis, Data Analytics, Statistics, Risk Models, Tail Risk, Financial Modeling, Financial Mathematics, Data Visualization, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Clustering, Bayesian Statistics, Healthcare IT, Principal Component Analysis (PCA), Multivariate Statistical Modeling, Linear Regression, Monte Carlo Simulations
  • Libraries/APIs

    Pandas, TensorFlow, NumPy, Matplotlib
  • Tools

    Git, Jupyter, Seaborn
  • Storage

    Neo4j

Education

  • Bachelor's Degree in Actuarial Science
    2015 - 2018
    Robert Morris University - Moon Township, Pennsylvania, United States

Certifications

  • Associate of the Society of Actuaries
    JANUARY 2020 - PRESENT
    Society of Actuaries

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