Senior Data Scientist/Technical Lead
2017 - PRESENTThe Hartford- Acted as the technical lead for a software tool that allows internal customers in product and pricing to understand the retention and elasticity impacts of pricing decisions.
- Served as the product owner for the development team working on this tool, prioritizing and assigning tasks in an Agile framework.
- Drove development process maturation including model monitoring, continuous integration, bug tracking, refactoring, unit and integration testing frameworks, documentation, technical debt reductions, etc.
Technologies: R, Python, Shiny, RStudio, Spark, Pandas, Jupyter, Github, Rally, Agile, OracleAdvanced Analytics Manager
2016 - 2017Direct General Insurance- Headed up a data science initiative serving product and actuarial.
- Created a new GLM pricing model that saved our suffering Georgia product.
- Built other models including marketing attribution, call volume forecasting, and elasticity.
Technologies: SQL Server, SSIS, EMBLEM, Excel, Python, ArcGISSenior Pricing Analyst
2011 - 2016Direct General Insurance- Conducted auto insurance pricing revisions and set reserves each quarter.
- Created a rich data cube enabling our business to find insights much more rapidly.
- Used geospatial expertise to fundamentally alter channel attribution.
Technologies: SQL Server, SSIS, EMBLEM, Excel, Python, ArcGIS
Levi Self
Software Developer in Nashville, TN, United States
Member since June 23, 2019
Levi has nearly a decade of experience in applied data science in a variety of industries with a concentration in the insurance industry. He's passionate about solving challenging problems that others find difficult or impossible. He's comfortable working independently and collaborating on teams. He is most at home in small startups with experience in enterprise as well.
Levi is now available for hire
Portfolio
- The HartfordR, Python, Shiny, RStudio, Spark, Pandas, Jupyter, Github, Rally, Agile, Oracle
- Direct General InsuranceSQL Server, SSIS, EMBLEM, Excel, Python, ArcGIS
- Direct General InsuranceSQL Server, SSIS, EMBLEM, Excel, Python, ArcGIS
Experience
- Python, 18 years
- SQL, 12 years
- Blockchain, 8 years
- Ethereum, 3 years
Availability
Full-time
Preferred Environment
Linux, PC, Mac, Python, R, Git, Jupyter, NoSQL
The most amazing...
...thing I've built was a vehicle clustering algorithm using Voronoi diagrams that made a big impact and is now widely used in the auto insurance industry.
Employment
Experience
- Structure From Motion Model of my Car (Development)http://www.leviself.com/viewer/reconstruction.html#file=/subaruall/reconstruction.meshed.json
As part of my many experiments in computer vision, I made this SfM model of my beloved Subaru by taking many snapshots all around. Beware, the link takes a minute to load and you need to zoom out to see what this looks like. I think it's worth it though!
- Silver Medalist @ International Computer Games Olympiad 2009 (Other amazing things)
Long before AlphaGo, I programmed a game engine to play Kriegspiel against other bots at the ICGA. At the time, I was serving as a volunteer in Africa - living in a mud hut without electricity. I won second place and even defeated the institutionally sponsored Beijing Institute of Technology team. I thrive in environments with limited resources and have ample experience punching above my weight!
Skills
Languages
Python, SQL, R, HTML, JavaScript, CSSFrameworks
RStudio Shiny, SparkLibraries/APIs
Pandas, Scikit-learn, NumPy, OpenCV, Keras, Matplotlib, D3.jsTools
GIS, Jupyter, PlotlyParadigms
Agile Software DevelopmentPlatforms
Blockchain, Ethereum, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), RStudio, Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS)Storage
Database Architecture, NoSQL, MongoDBOther
Generalized Linear Model (GLM), Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Actuarial, Insurance, Bitcoin, Crypto, Mapping, Web Scraping, Computer Vision, Deep Learning, Automated Trading Software, Infura, Deep Reinforcement Learning
Education
- Master's degree in Computer Science/Machine Learning2016 - 2019Georgia Institute of Technology - Georgia
- Bachelor's degree in Mathematics2003 - 2007University of Texas at San Antonio - Texas
Certifications
- Amateur Radio Extra Class LicenseMARCH 2011 - MARCH 2021ARRL
