Garrett Somers
Senior Data Scientist
Nashville-Davidson, Tennessee, United States
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Top SchoolGarrett Somers is a Senior Data Scientist at Walmart Global Tech, specializing in building and training LLM agents and natural language processing models, with a focus on assembling datasets that power behavioral classification in both in-house and client environments. With nine years of experience, he translates deep quantitative training into practical, scalable ML solutions. His career spans senior roles at Smarsh, a Data Scientist role at Digital Reasoning, and a Postdoctoral Research Fellow position at Vanderbilt, reflecting a strong bridge from academia to industry. He earned a PhD in Astronomy from The Ohio State University and dual BS degrees in Applied Mathematics and Physics from the University of California, San Diego, highlighting a rigorous mathematical foundation. Based in Nashville, Tennessee, Garrett leverages scientific discipline to deliver reliable AI systems and data-driven insights.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, San DiegoDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Astronomy, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Astronomy at The Ohio State University
Github Skills (6)
discord-bot2
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Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
garrettsomers/ManningLLMBook
Apr 2023 - May 2024
Python notebooks to accompany Large Language Models in Depth
Contributions:3 reviews, 7 PRs, 22 pushes in 1 year
garrettsomers/hot100plots
Jul 2018 - Feb 2019
Contributions:16 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
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