Andrew Fast
VP Of Technology at DataShapes
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAndrew Fast is a VP of Technology and seasoned data scientist with a Ph.D. in computer science and over eight years of industry leadership building advanced algorithms for text, network, and causal analysis. He has led technical teams as Chief Scientist and co‑founder, translating research in complex networks and causality into practical products for fraud detection, national security, and even sports analytics featured on ESPN. Andrew bridges deep academic rigor from UMass Amherst with startup and corporate experience at CounterFlow AI, LiveAction, and DataShapes, driving both R&D and productization. He specializes in data mining, predictive analytics, and complex network analysis, routinely applying these methods across diverse domains and datasets. Notably, his work extends traditional data‑mining into text and causal inference, enabling insights that standard approaches often miss. Based in Charlottesville, he combines hands‑on algorithm development with strategic technology leadership to move novel analytics from prototype to production.
8 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
B.S., Computer Science, B.S., Computer Science at Bethel UniversityM.S., Computer Science, M.S., Computer Science at University of Massachusetts Amherst
Github Skills (29)
vscode8
gnome7
dockerfile6
remote-development6
ubuntu6
ssh5
version-control5
docker-container5
arch5
backup5
gtk5
docker-compose5
debian5
fedora5
docker5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
notslow/flocon-course
Jan 2020 - Jan 2022
Contributions:3 releases, 4 commits, 1 PR in 2 years
counterflow-ai-archive/dragonfly-analyzers
May 2018 - May 2019
Contributions:3 commits, 2 PRs, 21 pushes in 11 months
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