Anthony Difranco
Director, Data Science
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAnthony Difranco is an experienced data science leader with 10 years of applied analytics and machine learning expertise, currently serving as Assistant Vice President, Data Science at AmTrust Financial Services in Cleveland. He has a proven track record of moving complex models into production—spanning pricing, claims prioritization, recommender systems, and automated underwriting—while building and mentoring cross-functional teams that include data scientists and DevOps engineers. His background blends rigorous operations research and systems engineering (Naval Postgraduate School and USNA) with operational leadership from a prior naval aviation career, bringing disciplined, mission-oriented execution to commercial analytics. Anthony has repeatedly delivered measurable business impact, from multi-million dollar loss reductions and seven-figure savings to a $20M+ subrogation uplift, and often pairs models with scalable APIs and interactive front-ends for real-world adoption. Notably, he combines deep technical delivery (CI-backed Node.js model APIs, deep learning/NLP for early claims valuation) with a strategic focus on embedding AI across pricing, underwriting, and claims workflows.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Systems Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Systems Engineering at United States Naval AcademyMaster of Science (M.S.) Operations Research, Master of Science (M.S.) Operations Research at Naval Postgraduate School
Github Skills (78)
jquery-plugin10
gbm10
xgboost10
dataflow10
autocomplete10
classifier10
lda10
fasttext10
wordnet10
glove10
portable10
jquery10
word2vec10
document-classification10
gradient10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
tonydifranco/xgboostjson
Apr 2017 - Nov 2017
Contributions:11 commits, 15 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
tonydifranco/xgboost
Sep 2016 - Dec 2016
Contributions:16 pushes, 3 branches in 2 months
pythonflinkdataflowgbmbig-data
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