Brian Blank
Senior Analyst at Exact Sciences
Greater Madison Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBrian Blank is a Senior Analyst and research scientist with 10+ years turning experimental chemistry and materials research into production-ready data systems and models. He blends hands-on lab expertise—co-inventor of core catalytic technology—with advanced data engineering and ML, having built on-prem warehouses, automated ETL, real-time yield prediction models, and DoE-driven analytics that cut precious metal inventory by 80%. Comfortable across Python, R, SQL, Power BI, Tableau and PowerApps, he has led deployments from RStudio Server to LLM-powered document indexing for operational knowledge. A mentor and technical lead, he translates complex experimental workflows into reproducible code, BI tools and documented processes that drive cross-functional decisions. Based in the Greater Madison area, he pairs a Northwestern master’s in data science with deep domain knowledge in chemistry to bridge research and scalable business impact.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Data Science, Master's degree, Data Science at Northwestern UniversityB.S., Chemistry, Biochemistry/Molecular Biology, B.S., Chemistry, Biochemistry/Molecular Biology at Illinois State University
Github Skills (5)
vscode5
vscode-extension5
machine-learning4
jupyter4
jupyter-extension1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
bblank70/MSDS432
Apr 2021 - May 2021
Contributions:31 commits, 30 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
bblank70/Recommendo
Apr 2024 - May 2024
application repository for yelp capstone
Contributions:10 PRs, 57 pushes, 7 branches in 1 month
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