Adam Birdsall
Principal Data Scientist
Akron, Ohio, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAdam Birdsall is a Principal Data Scientist with 11 years of experience building data-driven products from research prototypes to production at Goodyear, combining deep scientific training with practical ML and engineering chops. He holds a PhD in atmospheric chemistry from Harvard and has a track record of publishing scientific Python packages and automating large experimental data pipelines, demonstrating an ability to turn complex domain science into reliable software. His technical breadth spans Python-based ML and NLP, big-data tooling (Dask/PySpark), deployment (Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS), and engineering best practices (FastAPI, Pytest, CI/CD). A strong communicator and technical mentor, he excels at stakeholder-driven roadmap development and translating technical insights for nontechnical audiences. Beyond industry work, he built data products like PastPath—an NLP-driven personalized historic-tour app—showing curiosity for applied, user-focused solutions.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Chemistry, Master of Science - MS Chemistry at University of Wisconsin-MadisonDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Chemistry, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Chemistry at Harvard UniversityBachelor of Arts - BA Chemistry, Bachelor of Arts - BA Chemistry at Oberlin CollegeRoseville Area High School
Github Skills (74)
gbm10
notebook10
xgboost10
dataflow10
python10
portable10
gradient10
gradient-boosting10
scalable10
spark10
jupyter10
distributed-systems10
interpolation10
java10
scala10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
awbirdsall/vimfiles
Feb 2015 - May 2020
Contributions:4 pushes, 2 branches in 5 years 3 months
awbirdsall/pastpath
Jan 2019 - Apr 2021
web app providing custom historic marker walking tours using NLP
Contributions:62 commits, 10 PRs, 37 pushes in 2 years 2 months
nlppythonmarkertourswalking
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