Summary
Benjamin Lawson is a data science leader with 11 years of experience and a track record of turning research-grade machine learning into practical business impact across insurance and entertainment. Currently Director I of Data Science at Liberty Mutual, he leads centralized teams that build common tools, run bleeding-edge experiments, and embed best practices to accelerate analytics across a global organization. He pairs a data-centric MS in Computer Science with hands-on experience in computer vision, consumer analytics, and personalization systems, having shipped models at WarnerMedia, Legendary, and True Fit. Known for collaborative stakeholder engagement and mentoring, he also contributes to the community through student mentoring and open-source work—recently highlighted by Boston University for returning as a mentor. Pragmatic and research-savvy, he focuses on fast, accurate solutions that are production-ready and widely reusable.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master's of Science Degree, Computer Science, specializing in Data-Centric computing, Master's of Science Degree, Computer Science, specializing in Data-Centric computing at Boston University